Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 619 - Termination of Parental Rights - child placement

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1. Clay  37th             2. Ralston  51st


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Code Sections amended: 15-11-90                                                                     


SB 619 96                                          LC 22 1964

      SENATE BILL 619

      By:  Senators Clay of the 37th and Ralston of the 51st


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 15-11-90 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to placement of a child after
  1- 3  termination of parental rights, so as to provide that
  1- 4  placement with a member of the child's extended family or
  1- 5  with a person related to the child shall be made only if
  1- 6  such a placement is in the best interest of the child; to
  1- 7  provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 8  for other purposes.

  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-10  Code Section 15-11-90 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-11  Annotated, relating to placement of a child after
  1-12  termination of parental rights, is amended by striking in
  1-13  its entirety paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and inserting
  1-14  in lieu thereof the following:

  1-15      "(a)(1) If, upon the entering of an order terminating
  1-16      the parental rights of a parent, there is no parent
  1-17      having parental rights, the court shall first attempt to
  1-18      place the child with the child's extended family or with
  1-19      a person related to the child by blood or marriage.  An
  1-20      exhaustive and thorough search for a suitable family
  1-21      member shall be made by the court and the Department of
  1-22      Human Resources in attempting to effect this placement.
  1-23      A placement effected under this paragraph shall be
  1-24      conditioned upon the family member who is given
  1-25      permanent custody or who is granted an adoption of the
  1-26      child agreeing to abide by the terms and conditions of
  1-27      the order of the court. A placement shall be made under
  1-28      the terms of this paragraph only if such a placement is
  1-29      in the best interest of the child."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-30  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-31  repealed.


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