2025 Georgia Codes – Page 33

(a) A parent, guardian, or other person supervising the welfare of or having immediate charge or custody of
a child under the age of one year commits the offense of reckless abandonment of a child when the person
willfully and voluntarily physically abandons such child with the intention of severing all parental or custo-
dial duties and responsibilities to such child and leaving such child in a condition which results in the death
of said child.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 25 years.