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2018 Georgia Code 19-8-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-8-2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-8-2

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS (EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1, 2018)

19-8-2. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Jurisdiction and venue of adoption proceedings.

  1. The superior courts of the several counties shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all matters of adoption, except such jurisdictionas may be granted to the juvenile courts.
  2. All petitions under this chapter shall be filed in the county in which any petitioner resides, except that:
    1. Upon good cause being shown, the court of the county of the child's domicile or of the county in which is located any child-placing agency having legal custody of the child sought to be adopted may, in its discretion, allow the petition to be filed in that court; and
    2. Any person who has been a resident of any United States Army post or military reservation within this state for six months next preceding the filing of the petition for adoption may file the petition in any county adjacent to the United States Army post or military reservation.

(Code 1981, §19-8-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 59.)

Delayed effective date.

- For information as to the delayed amendment of this article, see the delayed effective date note at the beginning of this article.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 19-8-2

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H. C. S. v. Grebel, 321 S.E.2d 321 (Ga. 1984).

Cited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 11, 1984 | 253 Ga. 404

...the Placement of Children. OCGA § 39-4-1 et seq. In contesting the correctness of the Court of Appeals' decision, the appellants point out that as nonresidents of Georgia they cannot institute adoption proceedings in the courts of this state. OCGA § 19-8-2 (a) (3)....
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Stanfield v. Alizota, 294 Ga. 813 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 17, 2014 | 756 S.E.2d 526, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 524

...Compare In the Interest of J. C. W., 315 Ga. App. 566, 572 (727 SE2d 127) (2012). Moreover, the Stanfields were not parties to the deprivation proceedings in the juvenile court and were required to file their adoption petition in the superior court. See OCGA § 19-8-2 (a).5 5 OCGA § 19-8-2 (a) provides: The superior courts ....