Georgia Code Title 15. Courts § 15-11-283

(1) Whose paternity has been previously established in a judicial proceeding to which the father was a party;

(2) Whose identity is known to the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney;

(3) Who is a registrant on the putative father registry and has acknowledged paternity of the child named in the petition brought pursuant to this article;

(4) Who is a registrant on the putative father registry who has indicated possible paternity of the child named in the petition brought pursuant to this article that was born to such child's mother during a period beginning no more than two years immediately preceding such child's date of birth; or

(5) Who, if the court finds from the evidence including but not limited to the affidavit of the mother of a child named in the petition brought pursuant to this article, has performed any of the following acts:

(1) A petition to legitimate such child; and

(2) Notice of the filing of the petition to legitimate with the court in which the termination of parental rights proceeding is pending.

(1) Who fails to file a timely petition to legitimate the child named in a petition brought pursuant to this article and notice in accordance with subsection (b) of this Code section;

(2) Whose petition to legitimate is subsequently dismissed for failure to prosecute; or

(3) Whose petition to legitimate does not result in a court order finding that he is the legal father of the child named in a petition brought pursuant to this article.