Georgia § 53-2-5 - Children conceived by artificial insemination.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 53-2-5 — Children conceived by artificial insemination., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 53-2-5. Children conceived by artificial insemination.
An individual conceived by artificial insemination and presumed legitimate in accordance with Code Section 19-7-21 shall be considered a child of the parents and entitled to inherit under the laws of intestacy from the parents and from relatives of the parents, and the parents and relatives of the parents shall likewise be entitled to inherit as heirs from and through such individual. (Code 1981, § 53-2-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10.) Law reviews. - For note, "A New Era of Dead-Beat Dads: Determining Social Security Survivor Benefits for Children Who Are Posthumously Conceived," see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 759 (2005).
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