Definición de padre y derechos de adopción en Georgia

Explicación Simple

En Georgia, ser considerado padre no solo depende de tener hijos biológicos. Si adoptas a un niño, tienes los mismos derechos que un padre biológico.

Es como si tuvieras un perro en casa, y aunque lo adoptaste, lo cuidas y lo amas como si fuera de tu propia carne. La relación es igual de fuerte.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan y María se casan y deciden adoptar a una niña llamada Sofía. Aunque no es biológica de ellos, la ley dice que tienen los mismos derechos y responsabilidades sobre Sofía que si fuera su hija biológica.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS "Parent." - Divorce decree, and the decree's finding that the parties had no children, a finding which was apparently incorporated into the decree simply because it was a provision of the parties' agreement, was not a judicial proceeding establishing paternity within the meaning of "parent" in the Child Support Recovery Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1 et seq. Department of Human Resources v. Fleeman, 263 Ga. 756 , 439 S.E.2d 474 (1994). Grandmother was not a "parent" of the child within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 19-8-1(8) or O.C.G.A. § 19-11-3 . Stills v. Johnson, 272 Ga. 645 , 533 S.E.2d 695 (2000). Adopting parent on equal footing as biological. - Georgia law specifically provides that a decree of adoption creates the relationship of parent and child between each petitioner and the adopted individual as if the adopted individual were a child of biological issue of that petitioner. Hastings v. Hastings, 291 Ga. 782 , 732 S.E.2d 272 (2012). Cited in Young v. Department of Human Resources, 148 Ga. App. 518 , 251 S.E.2d 578 (1978); Burns v. Swinney, 252 Ga. 461 , 314 S.E.2d 440 (1984); Sutter v. Turner, 172 Ga. App. 777 , 325 S.E.2d 384 (1984). <h4