2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 19 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
CHAPTER 7 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP GENERALLY
ARTICLE 2 - LEGITIMACY
§ 19-7-25 - In whom parental power over child born out of wedlock lies

O.C.G.A. 19-7-25 (2010)
19-7-25. In whom parental power over child born out of wedlock lies


Only the mother of a child born out of wedlock is entitled to custody of the child, unless the father legitimates the child as provided in Code Section 19-7-21.1 or 19-7-22. Otherwise, the mother may exercise all parental power over the child.

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