by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
The Department of Human Services shall investigate and report to the General Assembly as to children left with a medical facility, fire station, or police station pursuant to Code Section 19-10A-4, including in such report the desirability and cost effectiveness of a...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
A mother shall not be prosecuted for violating Code Section 16-5-70, 16-12-1, or 19-10-1 because of the act of leaving her newborn child in the physical custody of an employee, agent, or member of the staff of a medical facility, fire station, or police station who is...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
It is the express purpose and intent of the General Assembly in enacting this chapter to prevent injuries to and deaths of newborn children that are caused by a mother who abandons the newborn.OCGA § 19-10A-3Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 921, § 1, eff. 5/15/2002.
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Fire station” means a facility of any fire department which is authorized to exercise the general and emergency powers enumerated in Code Sections 25-3-1 and 25-3-2.(2) “Medical facility” means any...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002.”OCGA § 19-10A-1Added by 2002 Ga. Laws 921, § 1, eff. 5/15/2002.
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a) A wife who is pregnant with her husband’s child shall be deemed to be in a dependent condition when her husband does not furnish her sufficient food, clothing, or medical treatment to meet her needs, both before and immediately upon the birth of the...
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