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Grandparent visitation rights in Georgia
The Supreme Court of Georgia recently heard an interesting case regarding visitation rights for grandparents whose son's parental rights had been terminated. Kunz v. Bailey, S11G0867 (2012). In ...read more
Grandparent visitation denied by Georgia Court of Appeals
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently denied paternal grandparent visitation where the biological father had given up his parental rights. In Bailey v. Kunz, the mother was married to and had a ...read more
Adoption - Georgia Case Law Update
On March 5, 2009, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's grant of a grandmother's adoption petition in Owen v. Watts (A08A2012), something the appellate courts rarely do. The child ...read more
Stepparent Adoption in Georgia
A child may be adopted by the spouse of his/her parent in Georgia regardless of whether the child's other parent is still living, but there are different requirements for each situation. If the ...read more