Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 307 - Adoption Decrees - when not subject to judicial challenge

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1. Perdue  18th           2. Oliver  42nd            3. Edge  28th
4. Ralston  51st


Senate Comm: Judy       /         House Comm: Judy       /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 50    Nays 0                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             2/8/95    Read 1st time          2/22/95                           
             2/17/95   Favorably Reported     3/10/95                           
                       Committee Amend/Sub    Sub                               
             2/20/95   Read 2nd Time          2/27/95                           
             2/21/95   Read 3rd Time          3/17/95                           
             2/21/95   Passed/Adopted         3/17/95                           
                       Comm/Floor Amend/Sub   CS                                
             3/17/95   Amend/Sub Agreed To                                      
             3/28/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/18/95   Signed by Governor                                       
             382       Act/Veto Number                                          
             7/1/95    Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 19-8-18                                                  


SB 30795                                            SB307/AP

      SENATE BILL 307

      By:  Senators Perdue of the 18th, Oliver of the 42nd,
           Edge of the 28th and Ralston of the 51st

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 19-8-18 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to hearings on and decrees of
  1- 3  adoption, so as to provide when such decrees shall not be
  1- 4  subject to judicial challenge; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1- 5  and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Code Section 19-8-18 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 8  Annotated, relating to hearings on and decrees of adoption,
  1- 9  is amended by adding at the end thereof two new subsections
  1-10  to read as follows:

  1-11    "(e) A decree of adoption issued pursuant to subsection
  1-12    (b) of this Code section shall not be subject to any
  1-13    judicial challenge filed more than six months after the
  1-14    date of entry of such decree.

  1-15    (f) Any decree of adoption issued prior to the effective
  1-16    date of this action shall not be subject to any judicial
  1-17    challenge more than six months after the effective date of
  1-18    this Act."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-19  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-20  repealed.













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