Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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HB 279 amends Chapter 12 of Title 19 of the OCGA defining
abandoned, child, and family violence. In addition HB 279 allows the court to
determine if a name change petitioner is a victim of family violence and waive
requirements set forth in subsection d. The court can later unseal a petition
or the petitioner can file a redacted version for public records. Parents need
not be notified of a child’s name change in accordance to paragraph (2) of
subsection (c) or when the child does not live with the parents. |
