Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
need GA code for appeal
I was a resident of GA, where my child was born in 1999. We moved to California 2001. After a paternity test in 01, father signed paternity acknowledgment. In 2003, father married and filed for custody.
CA Court says that I did not have de jure or de facto custody because there was no custody order prior to 2003.
I am looking for GA code that says that a mother has sole physical custody at birth, if there is no presumed father which would give me ''de jure custody'' before the 2003 hearing.
Anyone know where that is?
Thanks,
--name removed--
ps. this info will be used for my appeal brief due in two weeks.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: need GA code for appeal
� 19-7-25. In whom parental power over child born out of wedlock lies
�Only the mother of a child born out of wedlock is entitled to his custody, unless the father legitimates him as provided in Code Section 19-7-22. Otherwise, the mother may exercise all parental power over the child.�
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