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

The 2018 amendment, effective September 1, 2018, in paragraph (a)(1), substituted "shall terminate" for "terminates" near the middle, inserted "or her" three times, and substituted "thereafter shall be" for "thereafter is" in the middle; in paragraph (a)(2), substituted "adoption shall create" for "adoption creates" near the beginning of the first sentence, in the second sentence, deleted "the provisions of" following "take under" in the middle, and deleted the quote marks from "child" near the end; and, in subsection (b), deleted "the provisions of" preceding "subsection (a)" near the beginning, and deleted "or unrevoked surrender of parental rights to the child" following "court order" near the end. Law reviews. - For article discussing problems in construction of instrument conveying gi...