GA 19-8-21 - GA 19-8-21

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under Ga. L. 1941, p. 300, § 16 are included in the annotations for this Code section. Effect of section's discretionary terms. - While couched in discretionary terms, Ga. L. 1941, p. 300, § 16 did not permit the trial judge to deny the adult adoption without a hearing. The legislature did not intend to grant to trial courts discretionary power to decide an adult's ex parte adoption case on pleadings and without giving the petitioner an opportunity to be heard. In re Chambers, 147 Ga. App. 536 , 249 S.E.2d 343 (1978) (decided under Ga. L. 1941, p. 300, § 16). Adoptees have same rights as natural born children. - Under the 1967 amendment to former Code 1933, § 74-420, which was in effect w...