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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 19 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-15-7)
Chapter 7 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP GENERALLY (§§ 19-7-1 — 19-7-54)
Article 2 - LEGITIMACY (§§ 19-7-20 — 19-7-27)
Section 19-7-25 - In whom parental power over child born out of wedlock lies
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GA Code § 19-7-25 (2024)
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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 19-7-22. Otherwise, the mother may exercise all parental power over the child.
Amended by 2016 Ga. Laws 404,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2008 Ga. Laws 580,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2008.
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