House Bill 497
Chair�s Name: Wendell Willard
Committee: Judiciary
House Sponsor: Donna Sheldon
HB 497 allows a father to �surrender� all legal rights to his child before it is born if the child will be put up for adoption. Currently a child must be born before the father may surrender his legal rights.
This bill received a Do Pass recommendation from the Judiciary Committee and comes to the House Floor under the Modified Structured Rule.
Chairman Willard�s opinion of this legislation:
WHAT PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY DOES THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESS?
This bill will allow for the pre-birth surrender of rights from the biological father in the case of adoptions.
WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS LEGISLATION?
A desire by Georgia adoption attorneys to help the adoption process.
THIS LEGISLATION:
- Strengthens the Traditional Family Structure
Will make the adoption process easier which helps place children in loving families.
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