--- title: Title 19, Chapter 8. Adoption collection: code id: code:chapter:19-8 canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/19/chapter/8 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8.md date: 2025 status: active corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68 license: CC0-1.0 publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-7.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-9.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md heading: ADOPTION title_heading: DOMESTIC RELATIONS section_count: 32 full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8.md?full=1 --- # Title 19, Chapter 8. Adoption Title 19. Domestic Relations 32 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue). - 19-8-1, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-1.md - 19-8-2, Jurisdiction and venue of adoption proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-2.md - 19-8-3, Who may adopt a child; when petition must be filed in names of both spouses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-3.md - 19-8-4, Adoption through the department, child-placing agency, or out-of-state licensed agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-4.md - 19-8-5, Third party adoption by party who is not stepparent or relative of child, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-5.md - 19-8-6, Stepparent adoption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-6.md - 19-8-7, Adoption by certain relatives related to child by blood or marriage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-7.md - 19-8-8, Domestication of adoption of child born in foreign country; Certificate of Foreign Birth; authority of court to change date of birth, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-8.md - 19-8-9, Revocation of surrender of rights; time limit; effect of voluntary surrender of rights by legal mother, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-9.md - 19-8-10, When surrender or termination of parental rights of living parent not required; service on parents in such cases; involuntary termination of rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-10.md - 19-8-11, Petitioning superior court to terminate rights of one parent or guardian of child; service of process, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-11.md - 19-8-12, Notice to biological father; procedure when identity or location of father not known; effect of order terminating biological father’s rights; legitimation of child by father; rights of mother, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-12.md - 19-8-13, Petition; filing and contents; financial disclosures; attorney’s affidavit; redaction of certain information unnecessary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-13.md - 19-8-14, Timing of adoption hearing; record retention; clerk’s duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-14.md - 19-8-15, Objections to petition for adoption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-15.md - 19-8-16, Investigation by court-appointed agent; criminal history records check for adoption petitioners, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-16.md - 19-8-17, Report and findings of investigating agent; dismissal of petition; appointment of guardian ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-17.md - 19-8-18, Hearing; district attorney to be directed to review inducement violations; decree of adoption; factors considered in determining best interests of child; disposition of child on denial of petition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-18.md - 19-8-19, Effect of decree of adoption, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-19.md - 19-8-20, Forwarding of decree, report, and subsequent orders to department; issuance of adoption certificate; use as evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-20.md - 19-8-21, Adoption of adult individuals; applicability of Code Sections 19-8-19 and 19-8-20, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-21.md - 19-8-22, Recognition and effect of order by court or administrative body within or outside United States, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-22.md - 19-8-23, Where records of adoption kept; examination by parties and attorneys; use of information by agency and department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-23.md - 19-8-24, Advertising restrictions and requirements; “inducements” defined; unlawful inducements; penalties; exemption for personal communications; civil actions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-24.md - 19-8-25, Effect of prior consent or surrender of rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-25.md - 19-8-26, Forms, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-26.md - 19-8-27, Postadoption contact agreements; definitions; procedure; jurisdiction; warnings; enforcement, termination, or modification; expenses of litigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-27.md - 19-8-28, Adoption of an orphan, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-28.md - 19-8-40, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-40.md - 19-8-41, Release of responsibility by legal embryo custodian; procedures; presumption of parentage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-41.md - 19-8-42, Petition for expedited order of adoption or parentage; notice; waiver of technical requirements, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-42.md - 19-8-43, Finality of orders of adoption or parentage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-8-43.md