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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 4. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-265. Suspension of right of voluntary surrender of parental rights.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, the parent of a child adjudicated as a dependent child shall thereafter be without authority to affect the custody of his or her child except such parent may:

  2. (1)

    Consent to a judgment terminating his or her parental rights; and#

  3. (2)

    Execute an act of surrender in favor of:#

    1. (A)

      A third party if all of the parties to the petition to terminate parental rights agree; or#

    2. (B)

      The department.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-11-265, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-17/SB 364.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 973; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.