Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

19-7-51. Order of support and other provisions.

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The decree or order establishing paternity may contain any other provisions concerning the duty to support the child by periodic or lump sum payments, as provided in Code Section 19-6-15, or any other matter in the best interests of the child.

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, § 74-312, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1374, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 304, § 8/SB 64.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2016, p. 304, § 18/SB 64, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall not be construed to affect a voluntary acknowledgment of legitimation that was valid under the former provisions of Code Section 19-7-21.1, nor any of the rights or responsibilities flowing therefrom, if it was executed on or before June 30, 2016.”

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