GA · rules
Ga. Unif. Super. Ct. R. 47
ADOPTION – EXPEDITING UNCONTESTED AGENCY ADOPTION HEARINGS
(A) In order to expedite and bring finality to petitions for adoptions brought under OCGA § 19-
8-4, a Superior Court judge should conduct a final hearing as provided in OCGA § 19-8-14 (e)
and (f) on a petition for adoption pursuant to OCGA § 19-8-4 within fifteen days of receipt by
the judge of certification by the petitioner or petitioner’s counsel that all statutory requirements
are complete. In the event the judge is unable to conduct the hearing within fifteen days, the
hearing should be conducted as soon thereafter as possible.
(B) In order to expedite the hearing of an uncontested adoption, a judge may, with the consent of
the petitioner or petitioner's counsel, conduct a final hearing in any county in the judge's circuit
regardless of the county in which the petition was filed.
(C) The required certification shall state as follows:
I certify that all statutory requirements for the grant of this adoption have been met and the
matter is ready to be heard. The undersigned consents to the judge hearing this matter in any
county of the circuit.
History
Adopted effective May 5, 2011.
Provenance
- Source
- georgiasuperiorcourts.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
39e61601d2b822a0d85353199999075ff54bfefa611e76ae4bb22d58a91fa57d
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.