Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

19-7-49. Final order; effect; evidence of costs.

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(a)
On a finding that the alleged father is the father of the child, the court shall issue an order designating the alleged father as the father of the child. The sole effect of the order shall be to establish the duty of the father to support the child.#
(b)
On a finding that the alleged father is not the father of the child, the court shall issue an order declaring this finding.#
(c)
The trier of fact shall receive without foundation or the need for third-party testimony evidence of costs of pregnancy, child birth, and genetic testing. The evidence so presented shall constitute prima-facie evidence of amounts incurred for such services or for testing on behalf of the child. The court may award such costs as part of its final decree.#

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, § 74-310, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 22.

Cross references

Issuance or registration of new birth certificate upon order declaring paternity of child, §§ 31-10-12, 31-10-14.

Law reviews

For note on the role of a judicial determination of paternity in the inheritance rights of illegitimate children in Georgia, see 16 Ga. L. Rev. 171 (1981). For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).

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