A civil union is a legally recognized relationship between members of a same-sex couple, with rights similar to those of a marriage relationship.
As of the knowledge cutoff in 2023, the state of Georgia does not legally recognize civil unions. Civil unions were a form of legal relationship available to same-sex couples, providing many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage. However, since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, same-sex marriage has been legalized across all states, rendering the need for civil unions largely moot. In Georgia, as in all other states, same-sex couples have the right to marry, and those marriages carry the same legal standing as those of opposite-sex couples. This means that same-sex couples can enjoy all the state and federal benefits of marriage, without the need for a separate civil union status.