Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-8-15. Objections to Petition for Adoption

History. Code 1981, § 19-8-15 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5; Ga. L. 2016, p. 87, § 3/HB 229; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 19/HB 323; Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 1-1/HB 159.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, added paragraph (1); designated the undesignated provisions of this Code section as paragraph (2); and, in paragraph (2), substituted “family member” for “grandparent” in the second and third sentences.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, redesignated former paragraphs (1) and (2) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.
The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of the first sentence of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: “If the child sought to be adopted has no legal father or legal mother living, it shall be the privilege of any person related by blood to the child to file objections to the petition for adoption.”; designated the existing provisions of the second and third sentences of subsection (b) as present subsection (c); in subsection (c), substituted “petition for adoption” for “petition of adoption” near the middle of the first sentence, and, in the middle of the second sentence, substituted “such objections” for “the same” and inserted “for adoption”.
Law reviews.
For comment on “Grandparents’ Visitation Rights in Georgia,” see 29 Emory L.J. 1083 (1980).
For note on permissive intervention of grandparents in divorce proceedings, see 26 Ga. L. Rev. 787 (1992).
For annual survey on domestic relations, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 81 (2018).

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