GA 19-8-13 - GA 19-8-13

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of subsection (f) for the former provisions, which read: "Whenever a petitioner is a blood relative of the child to be adopted and a grandparent other than the petitioner has visitation rights to the child granted pursuant to Code Section 19-7-3, the petitioner shall cause a copy of the petition for adoption to be served upon the grandparent with the visitation rights or upon such person's counsel of record." The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, rewrote this Code section. The 2019 amendments. The first 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, substituted "Code Section 15-6-77" for "Code Sections 15-6-77, 15-6-77.1, and 15-6-77.2" at the end of subsection (b). The second 2019 amendment, effective Ma...