O.C.G.A.
19-10A-3 (2019)
Purpose
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Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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It is the express purpose and intent of the General Assembly in enacting this chapter to prevent injuries to and deaths of newborn children that are caused by a mother who abandons the newborn.
History
Code 1981, § 19-10A-3, enacted by Ga.
L. 2002, p. 1137, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 522, § 1/HB 391.
Annotations
Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2017, p. 522, § 1/HB 391, effective July 1, 2017, reenacted this Code section without change.