{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-265","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-265","heading":"Suspension of right of voluntary surrender of parental rights.","body":"Once a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed, the parent of a child adjudicated as a dependent child shall thereafter be without authority to affect the custody of his or her child except such parent may:\n(1) Consent to a judgment terminating his or her parental rights; and\n(2) Execute an act of surrender in favor of:\n(A) A third party if all of the parties to the petition to terminate parental rights agree; or\n(B) The department.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 4 Termination of Parental Rights","PART 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"8dde7cd6f8f86e2344d7e4ceb6b4db304ddc748f98216fd085889d2007372647","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-264","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}