Section 19-8-8. Adoption based upon foreign decrees and valid visa

   A child may be adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter based upon:

   (1) A decree which has been entered pursuant to due process of law by a court of competent jurisdiction outside the United States establishing the relationship of parent and child by adoption between each petitioner and a child born in such foreign country; and

   (2) The child's having been granted a valid visa by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Code 1981, § 19-8-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1572, § 5; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 19.