The Act provides for the mandatory state-wide enforcement of protective orders and consent agreements issued by a judge to prevent family violence.
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The Act provides for a rebuttable presumption of paternity for a child born out of wedlock where scientifically credible genetic testing established at least a ninety-seven percent probability of paternity. The Act lists parentage-determination testing methods.
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HB 1519 authorizes the court to order child support payments to continue until the child reaches the age of twenty. The court is only authorized to award support payment in the event that the child reaches the age of majority while in high school (secondary school) and where such child
The Act changes who may have access to child abuse records and what information such persons may be given. The Act also repeals the clause indicating that records shall not be released if such release would cause loss of federal funds.
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The Act clarifies provisions of the Adoption Code, corrects syntactical and grammatical errors, and corrects portions of the revised Code which proved to be costly or unworkable. It specifies that the petitioner will pay for criminal record checks, and allows reunion registry activities to be handled by independent agencies on
This package of bills revised and added a number of code sections to Georgia's child protection legislation. The package includes requirement for reporting abuse and provides a civil penalty for failure to do report. The package also includes provisions for a state-wide registry to improve information sharing between
The Act deletes the requirement for spousal consent and a second medical opinion that were previously required before a vasectomy, tubal ligation, or other sterilization procedures could be obtained.
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The Act amends the Code section relating to the enforcement of child and spousal support payments to comply with the federal Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984 and the Family Support Act of 1988. The Act provides guidelines for courts to use in determining the amount of child support awards.
The Act amends the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act by transferring the responsibility of collecting certain child support payments from the probation department of the court to the Office of Child Support Recovery or to a county agency designated as the child support receiver. Further, the Act amends the
The Act amends section 19-7-22 relating to legitimation of children. The Act authorizes the court to establish the father's duty to provide child support concurrent with the court's order declaring his child to be legitimate.
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The Act amends a 1987 law enjoined and found unconstitutional by a federal district court. The 1988 Act amends the 1987 law by deleting the provisions requiring an adult to accompany a minor seeking an abortion to the abortion facility, by providing alternative methods of verification of parental notification, and
The Acts broaden the category of protected persons, reduce the standard for issuance of a temporary protective order, ease provisions in state licensing requirements for family violence shelters, and promote training of law enforcement officers in handling domestic violence cases.
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The Act requires that certified copies of the orders of creation and termination of a guardianship over real property of a ward be filed in the county in which the real property is located.
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