History. Ga. L. 1866, p. 151, § 1; Code 1868, § 4307; Code 1873, § 4373; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 66, § 1; Code 1882, § 4373; Penal Code 1895, § 114; Ga. L. 1907, p. 57, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 116; Code 1933, § 74-9902; Ga. L. 1941, p. 481, § 2; Ga. L. 1946, p. 63, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 173, § 1; Ga. L. 1956, p. 800, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 952, § 1; Ga. L. 1965, p. 197, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 697, § 2; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 2; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1720, § 11; Ga. L. 1989, p. 381, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 141, § 6/HB 847.
Cross references.
Punishment of repeat offenders generally, § 17-10-7 .
Blood tests for determination of paternity generally, §§ 19-7-45 , 19-7-46 .
Husband and wife as witnesses for and against each other in criminal proceedings, § 24-5-503 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, a semicolon was substituted for the period at the end of paragraph (f)(1).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section and the remedy provided herein are intended to be in addition to and cumulative of all other existing laws related to paternity, child support, or other subjects covered herein and that this section shall not be construed to limit the operation of or repeal any such existing law.
Law reviews.
For note discussing Georgia’s child support laws, their problems, and some proposed solutions, see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 387 (1977).
For article surveying developments in Georgia constitutional law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 51 (1981).
For survey article on domestic relations, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 113 (1982).
For article, “Georgia Inheritance Rights of Children Born Out of Wedlock,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (1986).
For article on 2006 amendment of this Code section, see 23 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 79 (2006).