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2018 Georgia Code 19-8-21 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-8-21 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-8-21

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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

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

19-8-21. (Effective until September 1, 2018) Adoption of adult individuals; applicability of Code Sections 19-8-19 and 19-8-20.

  1. Adult persons may be adopted on giving written consent to the adoption. In such cases, adoption shall be by a petition duly verified and filed, together with two conformed copies, in the superior court in the county in which either any petitioner or the adult to be adopted resides, setting forth the name, age, and residence of each petitioner and of the adult to be adopted, the name by which the adult is to be known, and his written consent to the adoption. The court may assign the petition for hearing at any time. After examining each petitioner and the adult sought to be adopted, the court, if satisfied that there is no reason why the adoption should not be granted, shall enter a decree of adoption and, if requested, shall change the name of the adopted adult. Thereafter, the relation between each petitioner and the adopted adult shall be, as to their legal rights and liabilities, the relation of parent and child.
  2. Code Section 19-8-19, relating to the effect of a decree of adoption, and Code Section 19-8-20, relating to notice of adoption, shall also apply to the adoption of adults.

(Code 1981, §19-8-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5.)

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. § 19-8-21

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Walls v. Walls, 599 S.E.2d 173 (Ga. 2004).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 12, 2004 | 278 Ga. 206, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 2339

...The motion to intervene was granted, and the trial court awarded the elder Wallses temporary custody on July 9, 2002. [1] On February 5, 2003, Conner was adopted by his biological mother, Cathy L. Conner, by an adult adoption decree of the Superior Court of Fulton County. See OCGA § 19-8-21....
...tain third party non-parents, including the grandparents of that minor. [3] Conner argues that the Wallses are no longer the grandparents of his daughter, and therefore can no longer seek custody of her under OCGA § 19-7-1(b.1). He relies upon OCGA § 19-8-21(b), which states that OCGA § 19-8-19 applies to *175 an adult adoption....
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Elrod v. Cowart, 672 S.E.2d 616 (Ga. 2009).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 12, 2009 | 284 Ga. 869, 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 153

...isions of any instrument of testamentary gift, bequest, devise or legacy unless expressly excluded therefrom. Ga. L.1967, pp. 803, 804-805, § 1 (amending Code Section 74-420 of the Code of 1933, which was the predecessor of OCGA §§ 19-8-19(a)(2), 19-8-21(b))....