James B. Outman

Jim Outman graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C. in 1971. Jim has been the principal author of Georgia’s adoption laws since 1975, including H.B. 159. Jim has chaired the ICLEGA Adoption Law & Practice seminar since 1996, and he has presented on adoption law at both the ICJEGA Superior Court Judges and Law Clerks’ Seminars. Jim is an Adoption Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, a founding Fellow of the Georgia Council of Adoption Lawyers, and he was honored as an "Angel in Adoption" by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in Washington D.C. in 2003. Jim is currently of counsel with the law firm of Hester Outman LLC, where he specializes in adoption law, estate planning, and elder law. He can be reached at 404-317-3044 and jim@ hesteroutman.com.

Georgia’s New Adoption Code

by James B. Outman

by James B. Outman and Justin Y. Hester Georgia’s Adoption Code, O.C.G.A. § 19-8-1 et. seq., was re-codified in 1990. From 1990 to 2013 the Adoption Code was amended 28 times, the most recent being in 2013 when new Code Section 19-8-27 was added. Each of those amendments was designed only to add something new Read more about Georgia’s New Adoption Code[…]