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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 15 - COURTS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-25-3)
Chapter 11 - JUVENILE COURTS (§§ 15-11-1 — 15-11-747)
Article 4 - TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (§§ 15-11-260 — 15-11-324)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 15-11-260 — 15-11-265)
Section 15-11-265 - Suspension of right of voluntary surrender of parental rights

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GA Code § 15-11-265 (2024)
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Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, the parent of a child adjudicated as a dependent child shall thereafter be without authority to affect the custody of his or her child except such parent may:

  • (1) Consent to a judgment terminating his or her parental rights; and
  • (2) Execute an act of surrender in favor of:
    • (A) A third party if all of the parties to the petition to terminate parental rights agree; or
    • (B) The department.

Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 635,§ 1-17, eff. 4/28/2014.

Added by 2013 Ga. Laws 127,§ 1-1, eff. 1/1/2014.

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