Georgia Adoption Laws Page5

Adoption Laws in Georgia Page5

State haven laws for Infants

• Infant age : Statute: Statute: - § 19-10A-4
  • Child should not be more than one week old.

• Who may relinquish the infant : Statute : Statute: - § 19-10A-4
  • Mother.

• Who may receive the infant : Statute : Statute: - §- § 19-10A-2; 19-10A-4
  • Employees, agents, or members of staff of any medical facility, including:
    1. Any infirmary
    2. Any birth center
    3. Any health center
    4. Any hospital
    5. It don't include private offices of dentists or physicians.

• Responsibilities of the safe haven provider : Statute : Statute: - § 19-10A-6
  • Notify to the 'Department of Human Resources'.
  • Accept the child for the inpatient admission.

• Immunity for provider : Statute: - § 19-10A-7 Yes.

• Protection for relinquishing parent : Statute: Statute: - § 19-10A-4
  • The mother should provide her identity proof and name and address to person accepting her child.
  • Mother shall not be prosecuted for cruelty to a child and shall not contributed to the deprivation of child, or abandonment, and the child is not more than one week old.

• Effect on the parental rights : Statute : - § 19-10A-6
  • The department has to bring a child before the juvenile court to determine placement, as per - § 15-11-47.
  • Within six hours, the department have to take physical custody of the child.