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GA Code § 19-8-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 8 - Adoption|Article 2 - Embryo Transfers|§ 19-8-40. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Embryo" or "human embryo" means an individual fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to eight-week development.   "Embryo relinquishment" or "legal transfer of rights to an embryo" means the relinquishment of rights and responsibilities by the person or persons who hold the legal rights and responsibilities for an embryo and the acceptance of such rights and responsibilities by a recipient intended parent.   "Embryo transfer" means the medical procedure of physically placing an embryo into the uterus of a female.   "Legal embryo custodian" means the person or persons who hold the legal rights and responsibilities for a human embryo and who relinquishes said embryo to another person or persons.   "Recipient intended parent" means a person or persons who receive a relinquished embryo and who accepts full legal rights and responsibilities for such embryo and any child that may be born as a result of embryo transfer.     (Code 1981, §19-8-40, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 800, § 2/HB 388.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of law on domestic relations, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 105 (2010).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Order of parentage granted.    - Option of Adoption Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-8-40 et seq., authorized the trial court to issue an order of parentage sought by the wife, who had carried and given birth to a child created from an embryo made up of a donated egg and the husband's sperm, as the egg donor knowingly relinquished all rights of any kind to the oocytes and to any resulting embryos or children. In the Interest of C. B., 353 Ga. App. 363, 837 S.E.2d 517 (2019).    Cited in Patton v. Vanterpool, 302 Ga. 253, 806 S.E.2d 493 (2017).
GA Code § 19-8-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 8 - Adoption|Article 2 - Embryo Transfers|§ 19-8-41. Release of Responsibility by Legal Embryo Custodian; Procedures; Presumption of Parentage

  A legal embryo custodian may relinquish all rights and responsibilities for an embryo to a recipient intended parent prior to embryo transfer. A written contract shall be entered into between each legal embryo custodian and each recipient intended parent prior to embryo transfer for the legal transfer of rights to an embryo and to any child that may result from the embryo transfer. The contract shall be signed by each legal embryo custodian for such embryo and by each recipient intended parent in the presence of a notary public and a witness. Initials or other designations may be used if the parties desire anonymity. The contract may include a written waiver by the legal embryo custodian of notice and service in any legal adoption or other parentage proceeding which may follow.   If the embryo was created using donor gametes, the sperm or oocyte donors who irrevocably relinquished their rights in connection with in vitro fertilization shall not be entitled to any notice of the embryo relinquishment, nor shall their consent to the embryo relinquishment be required.   Upon embryo relinquishment by each legal embryo custodian pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the legal transfer of rights to an embryo shall be considered complete, and the embryo transfer shall be authorized.   A child born to a recipient intended parent as the result of embryo relinquishment pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall be presumed to be the legal child of the recipient intended parent; provided that each legal embryo custodian and each recipient intended parent has entered into a written contract.     (Code 1981, §19-8-41, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 800, § 2/HB 388.)   Law reviews.   - For note, "Carrying Capacity: Should Georgia Enact Surrogacy Regulation?,” see 54 Ga. L. Rev. 333 (2019).
GA Code § 19-8-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 8 - Adoption|Article 2 - Embryo Transfers|§ 19-8-42. Petition for Expedited Order of Adoption or Parentage; Notice; Waiver of Technical Requirements

  Prior to the birth of a child or following the birth of a child, a recipient intended parent may petition the superior court for an expedited order of adoption or parentage. In such cases, the written contract between each legal embryo custodian and each recipient intended parent shall be acceptable in lieu of a surrender of rights.   All petitions under this article shall be filed in the county in which any petitioner or any respondent resides.   The court shall give effect to any written waiver of notice and service in the legal proceeding for adoption or parentage.   In the interest of justice, to promote the stability of embryo transfers, and to promote the interests of children who may be born following such embryo transfers, the court in its discretion may waive such technical requirements as the court deems just and proper.     (Code 1981, §19-8-42, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 800, § 2/HB 388.)
GA Code § 19-8-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 8 - Adoption|Article 2 - Embryo Transfers|§ 19-8-43. Finality of Orders of Adoption or Parentage

 Upon a filing of a petition for adoption or parentage and the court finding that such petition meets the criteria required by this article, an expedited order of adoption or parentage shall be issued and shall be a final order. Such order shall terminate any future parental rights and responsibilities of any past or present legal embryo custodian or gamete donor in a child which results from the embryo transfer and shall vest such rights and responsibilities in the recipient intended parent.    (Code 1981, §19-8-43, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 800, § 2/HB 388.)
GA Code § 19-9-1.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-9-1.1. Binding Arbitration on Issue of Child Custody and Related Matters

 In all proceedings under this article, it shall be expressly permissible for the parents of a child to agree to binding arbitration on the issue of child custody and matters relative to visitation, parenting time, and a parenting plan. The parents may select their arbiter and decide which issues will be resolved in binding arbitration. The arbiter's decisions shall be incorporated into a final decree awarding child custody unless the judge makes specific written factual findings that under the circumstances of the parents and the child the arbiter's award would not be in the best interests of the child. In its judgment, the judge may supplement the arbiter's decision on issues not covered by the binding arbitration.    (Code 1981, §19-9-1.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 5/HB 369.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 1/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly of Georgia declares that it is the policy of this state to assure that minor children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interests of their children and to encourage parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of rearing their children after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage or relationship."   Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 8/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to all child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, 2008.   Law reviews.   - For survey article on domestic relations law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 121 (2008). For article, "Comprehensive Arbitration of Domestic Relations Cases in Georgia," see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 20 (2008).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Motion to vacate properly denied.    - In a child custody dispute, the trial court did not err by confirming the arbitration award and denying the father's motion to vacate because the arbitrator's decision automatically changing visitation did not violate public policy and the claim that the award lacked evidentiary support was not a basis for vacating the arbitrator's decision. Brazzel v. Brazzel, 337 Ga. App. 758, 789 S.E.2d 626 (2016), cert. denied, No. S16C1889, 2017 Ga. LEXIS 146 (Ga. 2017).
GA Code § 19-9-1.2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 19-9-1.2. Required Domestic Relations Case Filing Information Form

 Pursuant to Code Section 9-11-3, and in addition to the filing requirements contained in Code Section 19-6-15, in all proceedings under this article the plaintiff shall file a domestic relations case filing information form as prescribed by the Judicial Council of Georgia.    (Code 1981, §19-9-1.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 5/HB 369; Ga. L. 2017, p. 632, § 2-9/SB 132.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective January 1, 2018, substituted "prescribed by the Judicial Council of Georgia" for "set forth in Code Section 9-11-133" immediately preceding the period at the end of this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 1/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly of Georgia declares that it is the policy of this state to assure that minor children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interests of their children and to encourage parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of rearing their children after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage or relationship."   Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 8/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that this Code section shall apply to all child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, 2008.
GA Code § 19-9-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 2 - Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act|§ 19-9-20. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act of 1978."   (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1957, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For annual survey of domestic relations cases, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 173 (2005).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Custody act not applicable.    - Boyfriend, who had been appointed temporary guardian of child, was not the child's "legal custodian" as that term was used in the Georgia Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-9-20 et seq., and, thus, the provisions of the Act, including the Act's venue provisions, did not apply; accordingly, the trial court erred in dismissing the grandmother's petition for custody of the child on the ground that venue was not proper in the county where the mother was incarcerated but would have been proper where the temporary guardian, the boyfriend, resided, as application of the general venue rules governing venue in civil cases, contained in the Georgia Constitution, showed that since the mother was a necessary party to the grandmother's custody action, filing the action in the county where the mother was incarcerated was proper. Gordon v. Gordon, 269 Ga. App. 224, 603 S.E.2d 732 (2004).    Cited in Upchurch v. Smith, 281 Ga. 28, 635 S.E.2d 710 (2006); Oglesby v. Deal, 311 Ga. App. 622, 716 S.E.2d 749 (2011).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Extraterritorial effect of provision in decree of divorce as to custody of child, 20 A.L.R. 815; 72 A.L.R. 441; 116 A.L.R. 1299; 160 A.L.R. 400.
GA Code § 19-9-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 2 - Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act|§ 19-9-21. Purpose; Construction

  The general purposes of this article are to:   Avoid jurisdictional competition and conflict by courts within this state in matters of child custody, which have in the past resulted in the shifting of children from county to county with harmful effects on their well-being;   Promote cooperation by the courts of this state, to the end that a custody decree is rendered by the court which can best decide the case in the interest of the child;   Assure that litigation concerning the custody of a child ordinarily takes place in the court with which the child and his family have the closest connection and where significant evidence concerning the care, protection, training, and personal relationships of the child is most readily available and that courts of this state decline the exercise of jurisdiction when the child and his family have a closer connection with another court of this state;   Discourage continuing controversies over child custody, in the interest of greatest stability of home environment and of secure family relationships for the child;   Deter abductions and other unilateral removals of children undertaken to obtain custody awards;   Avoid relitigation of custody decisions of other courts in this state insofar as is feasible;   Facilitate the enforcement of custody decrees;   Make uniform the practice and procedure of the courts of this state in child custody matters.     This article shall be construed to promote the general purposes stated in subsection (a) of this Code section.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1957, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 24 Am. Jur. 2d, Divorce and Separation, §§ 881, 882. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 60 et seq. 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Habeas Corpus, §§ 84, 88, 107, 119, 135, 136.   C.J.S.   - 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 63 et seq., 83, 92 et seq., 139, 140.
GA Code § 19-9-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 2 - Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act|§ 19-9-24. Actions by Physical or Legal Custodian Not Permitted in Certain Instances

  A physical custodian shall not be allowed to maintain against the legal custodian any action for divorce, alimony, child custody, change of alimony, change of child custody, or change of visitation rights or any application for contempt of court so long as custody of the child is withheld from the legal custodian in violation of the custody order.   A legal custodian shall not be allowed to maintain any action for divorce, alimony, child custody, change of alimony, change of child custody, or change of visitation rights or any application for contempt of court so long as visitation rights are withheld in violation of the custody order.    (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1957, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Contempt, §§ 3, 16. 24A Am. Jur. 2d, Divorce and Separation, §§ 879, 880, 885, 899 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 17 C.J.S., Contempt, § 23. 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 80, 81. 617 C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 241, 242.   ALR.   - Removal by custodial parents of child from jurisdiction in violation of court order as justifying termination, suspension, or reduction of child support payments, 8 A.L.R.4th 1231.
GA Code § 19-9-120 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-120. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Supporting and Strengthening Families Act."    (Code 1981, §19-9-120, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Toward a Parent-Inclusive Attorney-Client Privilege,” see 53 Ga. L. Rev. 991 (2019).
GA Code § 19-9-121 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-121. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Child" means an unemancipated individual who is under 18 years of age.   "Child-placing agency" means an agency licensed as such pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 49.   "Criminal background check" means the results of an unrestricted search of the criminal records maintained by the Georgia Crime Information Center and the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to Code Section 35-3-34.   "Department" means the Department of Human Services.   "Nonprofit entity or faith based organization" means a business that provides child or family services and that is in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service, if applicable.   "Parent" shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 19-3-37.     (Code 1981, §19-9-121, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)
GA Code § 19-9-122 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-122. Delegation of Child Caregiving Authority

 A parent of a child may delegate caregiving authority regarding such child to an individual who is an adult, who resides in this state, and who is the grandparent, great-grandparent, stepparent, former stepparent, step-grandparent, aunt, uncle, great aunt, great uncle, cousin, or sibling of such child or is a nonrelative who is approved as an agent by a child-placing agency or a nonprofit entity or faith based organization for a period not to exceed one year, except as provided in Code Section 19-9-132, by executing a power of attorney that substantially complies with this article.    (Code 1981, §19-9-122, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)
GA Code § 19-9-123 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-123. Reporting Requirement From Nonprofit Entities or Faith Based Organizations; Departmental Responsibilities and Liabilities; Regulation

  A nonprofit entity or faith based organization that is not licensed by the department but is providing services under this article shall annually provide the department with the following information:   Its legal name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and any other contact information;   The name of its director;   The names and addresses of the officers and members of its governing body;   The total number of approved volunteer families with which it works; and   The total number of children served in the previous calendar year.     The department shall maintain a list of nonprofit entities or faith based organizations for which it has been provided the information required by subsection (a) of this Code section.   The department may refer an individual who is seeking to execute a power of attorney under this article to a nonprofit entity or faith based organization if the information required by subsection (a) of this Code section has been provided.The department shall not be liable for civil damages or be subject to any claim, demand, cause of action, or proceeding of any nature as a result of referring such individual to a nonprofit entity or faith based organization.   The department shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to implement this Code section.     (Code 1981, §19-9-123, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)
GA Code § 19-9-125 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-125. Notice to Noncustodial Parent of Execution of Power of Attorney; Objection by Noncustodial Parent; Compliance With Relocation Notice Requirements

  An individual with sole custody of a child who executes a power of attorney authorized under this article shall provide written notice of such execution to the noncustodial parent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or statutory overnight delivery within 15 days after the date upon which such power of attorney was executed.   A noncustodial parent receiving the notice as set forth in subsection (a) of this Code section may object to the execution of such power of attorney within 21 days of the delivery of such notice and shall serve his or her objection on the individual who executed such power of attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested, or statutory overnight delivery.An objection shall prohibit the action of a power of attorney under this article and the child shall be returned to the individual with sole custody.   In addition to the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section, an individual with sole custody of a child who executes a power of attorney under this article shall comply with any applicable relocation notice requirements under subsection (f) of Code Section 19-9-3.     (Code 1981, §19-9-125, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)
GA Code § 19-9-126 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-126. Impact of Execution on Parental Rights

  The execution of a power of attorney under this article shall, in the absence of other evidence, not constitute abandonment, abuse, neglect, or any indication of unfitness as a parent.   An individual shall not execute a power of attorney under this article with the intention of divesting or negating another individual's legal responsibility for the care of a child.   The parental obligations set forth in Chapter 7 of this title to his or her child shall not be extinguished or serve as a defense when a parent executes a power of attorney.Any individual giving a power of attorney to a nonrelative shall carefully consider such agent's criminalbackground check, and such consideration shall not absolve the signer from liability.   Nothing in this article shall prevent the Division of Family and Children Services of the department or law enforcement from investigating and taking appropriate action regarding allegations of abuse, neglect, abandonment, desertion, or other mistreatment of a child.     (Code 1981, §19-9-126, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2018, "Chapter 7 of this title" was substituted for "Chapter 7 of Title 19" near the beginning of subsection (c).
GA Code § 19-9-127 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-127. Temporary Written Permission to Seek Emergency Medical Treatment or Other Services for Children

 Nothing in this article shall preclude a parent or agent from granting temporary written permission to seek emergency medical treatment or other services for a child while such child is in the custody of an adult who is not the parent or agent and who is temporarily supervising the child at the request of such parent or agent.    (Code 1981, §19-9-127, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)
GA Code § 19-9-128 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings|Article 4 - Power of Attorney for the Care of a Child|§ 19-9-128. No Limitation on Role of Division of Family and Children Services

 An individual shall not execute a power of attorney under this article for the purpose of subverting an investigation of the child's welfare initiated by the Division of Family and Children Services of the department and shall not execute such power of attorney so long as the Division of Family and Children Services has an open child welfare and youth services case with regard to the child, his or her parent, or another child of the parent.Nothing in this article shall be construed to diminish or limit any rights, power, or authority of or by the Division of Family and Children Services for the protection of any child.    (Code 1981, §19-9-128, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 19, § 2-2/HB 159.)