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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 15 - COURTS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-25-3)
Chapter 11 - JUVENILE COURTS (§§ 15-11-1 — 15-11-747)
Article 4 - TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS (§§ 15-11-260 — 15-11-324)
Part 5 - GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION (§§ 15-11-310 — 15-11-311)
Section 15-11-310 - Grounds for determining termination of parental rights

(a) In considering the termination of parental rights, the court shall first determine whether one of the following statutory grounds for termination of parental rights has been met:
- (1) The parent has given written consent to termination which has been acknowledged by the court or has voluntarily surrendered his or her child for adoption;
- (2) The parent has subjected his or her child to aggravated circumstances;
- (3) The parent has wantonly and willfully failed to comply for a period of 12 months or longer with a decree to support his or her child that has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state;
- (4) A child is abandoned by his or her parent; or
- (5) A child is a dependent child due to lack of proper par