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title: O.C.G.A. § 39-4A-3. “Non-relative with such significant ties to the child that they may be regarded as relatives” defined.
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# O.C.G.A. § 39-4A-3. “Non-relative with such significant ties to the child that they may be regarded as relatives” defined.

As defined in Article II of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children contained in Code Section 39-4A-7, the phrase “non-relative with such significant ties to the child that they may be regarded as relatives” means, with reference to this state, the same as the term “fictive kin” as defined in Code Section 15-11-2.

## History

Code 1981, § 39-4A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 206, § 1/SB 483.

## Editor's Notes

For information as to the effective date of this Code section, see the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this chapter.