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Senate committee approves bill letting grandparents seek changes to visitation orders
Summary
A Georgia Senate committee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 245, which would add grandparents to the list of people who may petition a court to revoke or amend existing child visitation orders in specified circumstances, including after a parent’s death, incapacity or incarceration.
Senator Hodges introduced Senate Bill 245, the "grandparents visitation" measure, and a Georgia Senate committee voted unanimously to advance the bill.
The bill would amend Official Code of Georgia Annotated §19-7-3 to add grandparents to the categories of relatives who may petition a court to revoke or amend an existing visitation order. Senator Hodges said the change would allow grandparents who already have court-ordered visitation to return to court to seek modification "for good cause," while preserving the existing statutory limit that such petitions may not be filed more than once in a two-year period.
Why it matters: The bill clarifies who has standing to seek changes to visitation arrangements after events such as a parent's death, incapacity or incarceration.…
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