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Título 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Capítulo 9. CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS · Artículo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-9-2. Right of surviving parent to custody of child; discretion of judge.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. Upon the death of either parent, the survivor is entitled to custody of the child; provided, however, that the judge, upon petition:

  2. (1)

    May exercise discretion as to the custody of the child, looking solely to the child’s best interest and welfare; and#

  3. (2)

    In the case of a surviving parent being criminally indicted for the offense of murder or voluntary manslaughter of the other parent, can proceed in the court’s discretion.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1745; Code 1868, § 1785; Code 1873, § 1794; Code 1882, § 1794; Civil Code 1895, § 2503; Civil Code 1910, § 3022; Code 1933, § 74-106; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 42; Ga. L. 1996, p. 412, § 2; Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 5/HB 369; Ga. L. 2023, p. 367, § 4/SB 131, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, rewrote this Code section, which read: “Upon the death of either parent, the survivor is entitled to custody of the child; provided, however, that the judge, upon petition, may exercise discretion as to the custody of the child, looking solely to the child’s best interest and welfare.”

Leer la página oficial (el PDF del estado, abierto en la página de la que se leyó este texto).

Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t18-t19-(v16)-pdf.pdf, Volumen V16, edición 2022, suplemento de 2025, página 247; acción de fusión: replaced; SHA-256 del archivo 3b0e2669853a.