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2018 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 8 - Adoption
Article 1 - General Provisions (Effective Until September 1, 2018)
- § 19-8-1. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Definitions
- § 19-8-2. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Jurisdiction and venue of adoption proceedings
- § 19-8-3. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Who may adopt a child; when petition must be filed in names of both spouses
- § 19-8-4. (Effective until September 1, 2018) When surrender or termination of parental or guardian's rights required; consent of child of 14 or older necessary; acknowledgment of surrender; compliance with Interstate Compact on Placement of Children
- § 19-8-5. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Surrender or termination of parental or guardian's rights where child to be adopted by third party
- § 19-8-6. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Surrender of parental rights where father and mother not still married; surrender of rights where only one parent still living
- § 19-8-7. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Surrender or termination of parental or guardian's rights where child adopted by relative
- § 19-8-8. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Adoption based upon foreign decrees and valid visa
- § 19-8-9. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Surrender of parental rights where legal mother puts up for adoption child she previously adopted herself; withdrawal of surrender; expiration of rights
- § 19-8-10. (Effective until September 1, 2018) When surrender or termination of parental rights of living parent not required; service on parents in such cases
- § 19-8-11. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Petitioning superior court to terminate parental rights; service of process
- § 19-8-12. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Notice to biological father; procedure when identity or location of father not known; petition, hearing, and order; when rights of biological father terminated; legitimation of child by father; rights of mother
- § 19-8-13. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Petition; filing and contents; financial disclosures; attorney's affidavit
- § 19-8-14. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Timing of adoption hearing; required records; filing
- § 19-8-15. (Effective until September 1, 2018) When objections may be filed by relatives to petition for adoption
- § 19-8-16. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Investigation by child-placing agency or other agent
- § 19-8-17. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Report and findings of investigating agency; dismissal of petition; appointment of guardian ad litem
- § 19-8-18. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Hearing and decree of adoption; district attorney to be directed to review inducement of violations; disposition of child on denial of petition
- § 19-8-19. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Effect of decree of adoption
- § 19-8-20. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Forwarding of decree, report, and subsequent orders to department; issuance of adoption certificate; use as evidence
- § 19-8-21. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Adoption of adult individuals; applicability of Code Sections 19-8-19 and 19-8-20
- § 19-8-22. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Recognition and effect of foreign decrees
- § 19-8-23. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Where records of adoption kept; examination by parties and attorneys; use of information by agency and department
- § 19-8-24. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Unlawful advertisements; unlawful inducements; penalties
- § 19-8-25. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Effect of prior consent or surrender of rights
- § 19-8-26. (Effective until September 1, 2018) How surrender of parental rights executed; how and when surrender may be withdrawn; forms
- § 19-8-27. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Postadoption contact agreements; definitions; procedure; jurisdiction; warnings; enforcement or termination; modification; costs and expenses of mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation
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