Georgia Code
Article 3 - Determination of Paternity
§ 19-7-43. Petition; by Whom Brought; Effect of Agreement on Right to Bring Petition; Stay Pending Birth of Child; Court Order for Blood Tests; Genetic Tests

History. Code 1933, § 74-304, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 279, § 3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 17; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 4; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1433, § 1/HB 568; Ga. L. 2016, p. 304, § 6/SB 64.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (d), in the first sentence, substituted “the court, either on its own motion or on the motion of any party, may” for “any party may make a motion for the court to”; in the second sentence, inserted “, if made by a party,” near the beginning, deleted “(1)” following “sworn statement” in the middle, and substituted “parties or denying” for “parties; or (2) denying”; in the third sentence, substituted “by the court” for “in accordance with the provisions of this article”; and rewrote the fourth sentence, which read: “The court shall grant the motion unless it finds good cause as defined by the federal Social Security Act or if other good excuse for noncooperation is established.”
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2016, p. 304, § 18/SB 64, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not be construed to affect a voluntary acknowledgment of legitimation that was valid under the former provisions of Code Section 19-7-21.1, nor any of the rights or responsibilities flowing therefrom, if it was executed on or before June 30, 2016.”
Law reviews.
For article, “Georgia Inheritance Rights of Children Born Out of Wedlock,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (1986).
For note, “Surrogate Mother Agreements in Georgia: Conflict and Accord with Statutory and Case Law,” see 4 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 153 (1988).
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 103 (2015).

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