Suspension of Right of Voluntary Surrender of Parental Rights

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Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, the parent of a child adjudicated as a dependent child shall thereafter be without authority to affect the custody of his or her child except such parent may:

  1. Consent to a judgment terminating his or her parental rights; and
  2. Execute an act of surrender in favor of:
    1. A third party if all of the parties to the petition to terminate parental rights agree; or
    2. The department.

(Code 1981, §15-11-265, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-17/SB 364.)


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