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IN THE INTEREST OF B.G.D.

No. A96A1224.

479 S.E.2d 439 (1996)

224 Ga. App. 124

In the INTEREST OF B.G.D., a child.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Justice, Marietta, for appellant.

Huff & Woods, Jeanne D. Woods, Cauthorn & Phillips, Bruce W. Phillips, Garcia & Powell, Marietta, Tony D. Coy, Athens, Dorothy L. Bjork, Atlanta, for appellee.

James B. Outman, amicus curiae.

BLACKBURN, Judge.

This case deals with the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under OCGA § 15-11-5(a)(2)(C) and the right of a surrendering parent to withdraw a voluntarily given consent to the adoption of a child and the surrender of such person's parental rights. Under the current version of the adoption statutes, enacted in 1990, a parent who surrenders his or her parental rights in a child has ten days in which to withdraw that surrender.

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