GA 19-8-15 - GA 19-8-15

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, added paragraph (1); designated the undesignated provisions of this Code section as paragraph (2); and, in paragraph (2), substituted "family member" for "grandparent" in the second and third sentences. The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, redesignated former paragraphs (1) and (2) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively. The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, substituted the present provisions of the first sentence of subsection (b) for the former provisions, which read: "If the child sought to be adopted has no legal father or legal mother living, it shall be the privilege of any person related by blood to the child to file objections to the petition for adoption."; des...