by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
When a child is an orphan, the petitioner shall not be required to have a guardian appointed for such child in order for a guardian to execute a surrender of rights. Such child shall be adoptable without a surrender of rights.OCGA § 19-8-28Added by 2018 Ga. Laws 285,§...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a) As used in this Code section, the term “birth relative” means: (1) A parent, biological father who is not a legal father, grandparent, brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister who is related by blood or marriage to a child who is being adopted or...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a) The surrender of rights by a parent or guardian pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of Code Section 19-8-4 shall conform substantially to the following form:”SURRENDER OF RIGHTS FINAL RELEASE FOR ADOPTION NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN: This is an...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a) A written consent or surrender of rights, executed on or before August 31, 2018, shall, for purposes of an adoption proceeding commenced on or after September 1, 2018, be deemed to satisfy the surrender requirements of this article and it shall not be necessary to...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, organization, corporation, hospital, facilitator, or association of any kind whatsoever which is not a child-placing agency, a prospective adoptive parent who has a valid, approved preplacement home study report, or an...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia
(a)(1) The original petition for adoption, all amendments, attachments, and exhibits thereto, all motions, documents, affidavits, records, and testimony filed in connection therewith, and all decrees or orders of any kind whatsoever, except the original investigation...
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