Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-8-22. Recognition and Effect of Order by Court or Administrative Body Within or Outside United States

History. Code 1981, § 19-8-22 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5; Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 1-1/HB 159.
The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, in subsection (a), inserted “or an administrative proceeding” near the beginning, inserted “, establishing the relationship of guardian and ward,”, inserted “or administrative body” near the middle, substituted “when the appointment” for “where the appointment” in the middle, and inserted a comma following “foreign country”; in subsection (b), deleted “, as amended,” following “subsection” in the middle, deleted “the provisions of” following “governed by” near the end, and deleted “, as amended” at the end; and deleted former subsection (c), which read: “Any adoption proceeding pending in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state in which no final order of adoption has been entered as of April 1, 1986, to which the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section are applicable shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, as amended.

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