Petition For Legitimation - Dekalb Superior Court (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

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G (d) the whereabouts of the Respondent mother are unknown and the child or I reside in

DeKalb County, Georgia.

G (e) the mother of the child is deceased and the child or I reside in DeKalb County, Georgia.

The Respondent,

, is the child’s mother.

[Check and complete only one of the following.]

G (a) The mother’s address is

G (b) The mother is deceased.

No other man is shown as the father on the birth certificate, and the mother was not

married to any other man at the time of the child’s conception or birth.

[Check and complete all that apply below.]

The child lives with the following person who takes care of the child:

G (a) The Respondent / mother

G (b) The Petitioner / father

G (c) Neither the child’s mother nor the Petitioner. Instead, the child lives with

, whose relationship to the child is

. They reside at the following address:

County, in the State of

My paternity of the child has been established by a court or by operation of law based on

the child’s birth certificate or, if paternity has not been legally established, I state that I am the

child’s natural father. I want to legitimate my relationship with the child, as provided in OCGA

§19-7-22, so that the child will have full rights as my child, and I will have full rights as the father

of the child. I believe that legitimation would be in the child’s best interests.

Petition for Legitimation (Solo Version) —

Page 2 of 4

Rev. July 18, 2005

Provided by the DeKalb County Superior Court and the Atlanta Legal Aid Society

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