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2018 Georgia Code 19-8-40 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-8-40 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-8-40

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 8. Adoption, 19-8-1 through 19-8-43.

ARTICLE 2 EMBRYO TRANSFERS

19-8-40. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Embryo" or "human embryo" means an individual fertilized ovum of the human species from the single-cell stage to eight-week development.
  2. "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.
  3. "Embryo transfer" means the medical procedure of physically placing an embryo into the uterus of a female.
  4. "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.
  5. "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

Cited in Patton v. Vanterpool, 302 Ga. 253, 806 S.E.2d 493 (2017).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 19-8-40

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Patton v. Vanterpool, 302 Ga. 253 (Ga. 2017).

Cited 26 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 16, 2017 | 806 S.E.2d 493

...In May 2009, the General Assembly passed the “Domestic Relations — Guardian — Social Services — Options to Adoption Act,” which amended Chapter 8 of Title 19 to address, among other things, the custody, relinquishment, and adoption of embryos. See Ga. L. 2009, pp. 800-803. OCGA § 19-8-40, which was created by the 2009 Act, defines both embryo and embryo transfer, which “means the medical procedure of physically placing an embryo into the uterus of a female.” OCGA § 19-8-40 (3)....