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Hb 159 - Domestic Relations, Kitan A. Grey, A. Celia Howard
Hb 159 - Domestic Relations, Kitan A. Grey, A. Celia Howard
Georgia State University Law Review
This bill provides a major overhaul for Georgia adoption laws, which were last updated in 1990. The most notable changes include shortening the period for revocation of surrender of parental rights; granting temporary power of attorney for the care of a child; allowing adoptive parents to pay a birth mother’s expenses; lowering the age for adoptive relatives; and simplifying the process to adopt foreign-born children.