Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-8-11. Petitioning Superior Court to Terminate Rights of One Parent or Guardian of Child; Service of Process

(A) Personal service is perfected;
(B) Of delivery shown on the return receipt of certified mail or registered mail or proof of delivery by statutory overnight delivery; or
History. Code 1981, § 19-8-11 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5; Ga. L. 1996, p. 474, § 6; Ga. L. 1999, p. 252, § 8; Ga. L. 2000, p. 20, § 12; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-26/HB 242; Ga. L. 2016, p. 219, § 4/SB 331; Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 1-1/HB 159; Ga. L. 2021, p. 151, § 6/HB 154.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (a), substituted “when” for “where” in paragraph (a)(3), deleted “or” at the end of subparagraph (a)(3)(C) (now division (a)(3)(A)(iii)), added subparagraph (a)(3)(D) (now division (a)(3)(A)(iv)), and redesignated former subparagraph (a)(3)(D) as present subparagraph (a)(3)(E) (now division (a)(3)(A)(v)).
The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, rewrote this Code section.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, in paragraph (b)(1), deleted “notwithstanding subsection (a) of Code Section 9-10-12 which authorizes the use of certified mail,” following “cannot be perfected,” in the first sentence, inserted “certified mail or” in the first and third sentences and in subparagraph (b)(1)(B), and inserted “by certified mail,” near the end of paragraph (b)(2).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 5-1/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014, and shall apply to all offenses which occur and juvenile proceedings commenced on and after such date. Any offense occurring before January 1, 2014, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior adjudication for the purpose of imposing a disposition that provides for a different penalty for subsequent adjudications, of whatever class, pursuant to this Act. The enactment of this Act shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before January 1, 2014, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecutions.”
Law reviews.
For article on the 2016 amendment of this Code section, see 33 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 127 (2016).
For article, “Criminal Law as Family Law,” see 33 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (2017).

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