Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-8-18. Hearing; District Attorney to Be Directed to Review Inducement Violations; Decree of Adoption; Factors Considered in Determining Best Interests of Child; Disposition of Child on Denial of Petition

History. Code 1981, § 19-8-18 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 791, § 1/HB 474; Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 1-1/HB 159; Ga. L. 2021, p. 151, § 11/HB 154.
The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, rewrote this Code section.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, in subsection (a), added the third sentence of paragraph (a)(1), substituted “In all other cases, the court” for “The court” at the beginning of the fourth sentence and deleted “subsection (a) of” following “filed pursuant to” near the beginning of paragraph (a)(3); and rewrote paragraph (b)(3), which read: “When the child was born in a country other than the United States, the court shall examine the evidence submitted and determine that sufficient evidence has been proffered to show that the child will be able to obtain lawful permanent resident status, if not already obtained, before the court shall have authority to determine if it is in the best interests of the child to grant the petition for adoption.”
Law reviews.
For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 166 (1995).

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