Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 1. CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT

19-11-13. Determination of paternity; acknowledgment under oath; legal proceedings.

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

Whenever the department receives an application for services under this article on behalf of a child born out of wedlock and the child’s mother identifies in writing the putative father of the child, the department may make an investigation of the surrounding circumstances and may request that the putative father acknowledge paternity under oath. If the department is unable to secure such an acknowledgment, the department may initiate legal proceedings to establish the paternity of the child, unless the department determines, in accordance with standards prescribed pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, that it is against the best interests of the child to do so.

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.

Ga. L. 1976, p. 1537, § 3.

Proceedings to determine paternity, § 19-7-40 et seq.

For survey article on domestic relations cases for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (2003).

U.S. Code.: The federal Social Security Act, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 301.

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