Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 7. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP GENERALLY · Article 3. DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY

19-7-48. Settlement, dismissal, or termination of civil action.

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The child must be a party to a settlement agreement with the alleged father. The court must approve any settlement agreement, dismissal, or termination of the action which does not adjudicate the merits of the case.

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 1933, § 74-309, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 1.

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