Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-8-27. Postadoption Contact Agreements; Definitions; Procedure; Jurisdiction; Warnings; Enforcement, Termination, or Modification; Expenses of Litigation

History. Code 1981, § 19-8-27 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 1097, § 1/HB 21; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1, § 1-1/HB 159.
The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, substituted “a legal father” for “the legal father” near the beginning of paragraph (a)(1); substituted “petition for adoption” for “petition of adoption” in paragraph (b)(4), in the middle of subsection (e), and in the second sentence of subsection (f); substituted “biological parent” for “birth parent” in paragraph (c)(1); and inserted “of rights” near the beginning of subsection (i).

Structure Georgia Code

Title 19 - Domestic Relations

Chapter 8 - Adoption

Article 1 - General Provisions

§ 19-8-1. Definitions

§ 19-8-2. Jurisdiction and Venue of Adoption Proceedings

§ 19-8-3. Who May Adopt a Child; When Petition Must Be Filed in Names of Both Spouses

§ 19-8-4. Adoption Through the Department, Child-Placing Agency, or Out-of-State Licensed Agency

§ 19-8-5. Third Party Adoption by Party Who Is Not Stepparent or Relative of Child

§ 19-8-6. Stepparent Adoption

§ 19-8-7. Adoption by Certain Relatives Related to Child by Blood or Marriage

§ 19-8-8. Domestication of Adoption of Child Born in Foreign Country; Certificate of Foreign Birth; Authority of Court to Change Date of Birth

§ 19-8-9. Revocation of Surrender of Rights; Time Limit; Effect of Voluntary Surrender of Rights by Legal Mother

§ 19-8-10. When Surrender or Termination of Parental Rights of Living Parent Not Required; Service on Parents in Such Cases; Involuntary Termination of Rights

§ 19-8-11. Petitioning Superior Court to Terminate Rights of One Parent or Guardian of Child; Service of Process

§ 19-8-12. Notice to Biological Father; Procedure When Identity or Location of Father Not Known; Effect of Order Terminating Biological Father’s Rights; Legitimation of Child by Father; Rights of Mother

§ 19-8-13. Petition; Filing and Contents; Financial Disclosures; Attorney’s Affidavit; Redaction of Certain Information Unnecessary

§ 19-8-14. Timing of Adoption Hearing; Record Retention; Clerk’s Duties

§ 19-8-15. Objections to Petition for Adoption

§ 19-8-16. Investigation by Court-Appointed Agent; Criminal History Records Check for Adoption Petitioners

§ 19-8-17. Report and Findings of Investigating Agent; Dismissal of Petition; Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem

§ 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

§ 19-8-19. Effect of Decree of Adoption

§ 19-8-20. Forwarding of Decree, Report, and Subsequent Orders to Department; Issuance of Adoption Certificate; Use as Evidence

§ 19-8-21. Adoption of Adult Individuals; Applicability of Code Sections 19-8-19 and 19-8-20

§ 19-8-22. Recognition and Effect of Order by Court or Administrative Body Within or Outside United States

§ 19-8-23. Where Records of Adoption Kept; Examination by Parties and Attorneys; Use of Information by Agency and Department

§ 19-8-24. Advertising Restrictions and Requirements; “Inducements” Defined; Unlawful Inducements; Penalties; Exemption for Personal Communications; Civil Actions

§ 19-8-25. Effect of Prior Consent or Surrender of Rights

§ 19-8-26. Forms

§ 19-8-27. Postadoption Contact Agreements; Definitions; Procedure; Jurisdiction; Warnings; Enforcement, Termination, or Modification; Expenses of Litigation

§ 19-8-28. Adoption of an Orphan