{
  "code": "US-GA",
  "name": "Georgia",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "black_letter": "O.C.G.A. \u00a7 19-7-21 creates an irrebuttable presumption of legitimacy for children born within wedlock (or the usual gestation period thereafter) conceived by artificial insemination if both spouses consented in writing. That marital AI legitimacy rule is not a free-standing informal peer-to-peer donor non-parentage safe harbor. Case law has declined to stretch \u201cartificial insemination\u201d to all modern ART without legislative action. Map AI status remains Unknown for informal arrangements.",
  "ai_informal": "insufficient_primary",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "unclear",
  "agreement_effect": "insufficient_primary",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "O.C.G.A. \u00a7 19-7-21",
      "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-19/chapter-7/article-2/section-19-7-21/",
      "quote": "All children born within wedlock or within the usual period of gestation thereafter who have been conceived by means of artificial insemination are irrebuttably presumed legitimate if both spouses have consented in writing to the use and administration of artificial insemination."
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Where public materials are thin, \u201cUnknown\u201d means no clear published safe harbor for informal arrangements\u2014not that private donation is criminal. Further clarity often requires litigation or legislation.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/GA/ga.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Unknown",
    "AI-Married": "Unknown",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}