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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 7. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP GENERALLY · Article 2. LEGITIMACY

19-7-23. “Child born out of wedlock” defined.

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

  1. The term “child born out of wedlock” means:

  2. (1)

    A child whose parents are not married when that child is born or who do not subsequently intermarry;#

  3. (2)

    A child who is the issue of adulterous intercourse of the wife during wedlock; or#

  4. (3)

    A child who is not legitimate within the meaning of Code Section 19-7-20.#

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 1748; Code 1868, § 1788; Code 1873, § 1797; Code 1882, § 1797; Civil Code 1895, § 2507; Civil Code 1910, § 3026; Code 1933, § 74-201; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1720, § 6.

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Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, page 740; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.