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O.C.G.A. § 19-7-20

Circumstances of legitimacy; disproving legitimacy; legitimation by marriage of parents and recognition of child

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Heather Martin Gartner and Melissa Gartner, Individually and as Next Friends of Mackenzie Jean Gartner, a Minor Child v. Iowa Department of Public Health (2013)

Most recently applied in Heather Martin Gartner and Melissa Gartner, Individually and as Next Friends of Mackenzie Jean Gartner, a Minor Child v. Iowa Department of Public Health (May 2013)

Orig

(a) All children born in wedlock or within the usual period of gestation thereafter are legitimate.

(b) The legitimacy of a child born as described in subsection (a) of this Code section may be disputed. Where possibility of access exists, the strong presumption is in favor of legitimacy and the proof must be clear to establish the contrary. If pregnancy existed at the time of the marriage and a divorce is sought and obtained on that ground, the child, although born in wedlock, will not be legitimate.

(c) The marriage of the mother and reputed father of a child born out of wedlock and the recognition by the father of the child as his shall render the child legitimate; in such case the child shall immediately

take the surname of his father.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.