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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 15. COURTS |
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Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE |
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Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS |
| Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| § 15-11-100. (Effective January 1, 2014) Purpose of article |
| § 15-11-101. (Effective January 1, 2014) Medical and psychological evaluation orders when investigating child abuse and neglect |
| § 15-11-102. (Effective January 1, 2014) Dependency case time limitations |
| § 15-11-103. (Effective January 1, 2014) Right to attorney |
| § 15-11-104. (Effective January 1, 2014) Appointment and removal of guardian ad litem; use of a CASA |
| § 15-11-105. (Effective January 1, 2014) Powers and duties of guardian ad litem |
| § 15-11-106. (Effective January 1, 2014) Participation of a CASA |
| § 15-11-107. (Effective January 1, 2014) Treatment by spiritual means; life-threatening condition or disability exception |
| § 15-11-108. (Effective January 1, 2014) Notice of postadjudication hearings to parties |
| § 15-11-109. (Effective January 1, 2014) Notice of hearings to specified nonparties |
| § 15-11-110. (Effective January 1, 2014) Continuance of a hearing in dependency proceedings |
| § 15-11-111. (Effective January 1, 2014) Court orders |
| § 15-11-112. (Effective January 1, 2014) Court ordered visitation |
| § 15-11-113. (Effective January 1, 2014) Date child is considered to have entered foster care |
| Part 2. VENUE FOR DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS |
| § 15-11-125. (Effective January 1, 2014) Venue |
| Part 3. TAKING INTO CARE |
| § 15-11-130. (Effective January 1, 2014) Emergency care and supervision of child without court order; immunity |
| § 15-11-131. (Effective January 1, 2014) Temporary protective custody of child by physician without court order and without parental consent; immunity |
| § 15-11-132. (Effective January 1, 2014) Verbal custody order |
| § 15-11-133. (Effective January 1, 2014) Removal of child from the home; protective custody |
| § 15-11-134. (Effective January 1, 2014) Required findings justifying removal from the home |
| § 15-11-135. (Effective January 1, 2014) Placement in eligible foster care |
| Part 4. PRELIMINARY PROTECTIVE HEARINGS |
| § 15-11-145. (Effective January 1, 2014) Preliminary protective hearing requirements |
| § 15-11-146. (Effective January 1, 2014) Preliminary protective hearing; findings |
| Part 5. DEPENDENCY PETITIONS |
| § 15-11-150. (Effective January 1, 2014) Authority to file petition |
| § 15-11-151. (Effective January 1, 2014) Time limitations for filing petition |
| § 15-11-152. (Effective January 1, 2014) Contents of petition |
| § 15-11-153. (Effective January 1, 2014) Amendment of petition |
| Part 6. SUMMONS AND SERVICE |
| § 15-11-160. (Effective January 1, 2014) Issuance of summons |
| § 15-11-161. (Effective January 1, 2014) Service of summons |
| § 15-11-162. (Effective January 1, 2014) Sanctions for failure to obey summons |
| § 15-11-163. (Effective January 1, 2014) Interlocutory order of disposition when summons served by publication |
| Part 7. PREADJUDICATION PROCEDURES |
| § 15-11-170. (Effective January 1, 2014) Discovery |
| Part 8. ADJUDICATION |
| § 15-11-180. (Effective January 1, 2014) Standard of proof |
| § 15-11-181. (Effective January 1, 2014) Adjudication hearing |
| Part 9. PREDISPOSITION SOCIAL STUDIES |
| § 15-11-190. (Effective January 1, 2014) Social study |
| § 15-11-191. (Effective January 1, 2014) Contents of social study |
| Part 10. FAMILY REUNIFICATION DETERMINATION |
| § 15-11-200. (Effective January 1, 2014) DFCS report; case plan |
| § 15-11-201. (Effective January 1, 2014) DFCS case plan; contents |
| § 15-11-202. (Effective January 1, 2014) Reasonable efforts by DFCS to preserve or reunify families |
| § 15-11-203. (Effective January 1, 2014) When reasonable efforts by DFCS not required |
| § 15-11-204. (Effective January 1, 2014) Nonreunification hearing |
| Part 11. DISPOSITION |
| § 15-11-210. (Effective January 1, 2014) Disposition hearing |
| § 15-11-211. (Effective January 1, 2014) Relative search by DFCS |
| § 15-11-212. (Effective January 1, 2014) Disposition of dependent child |
| § 15-11-213. (Effective January 1, 2014) Disposition orders; considerations |
| § 15-11-214. (Effective January 1, 2014) Duration of disposition orders |
| § 15-11-215. (Effective January 1, 2014) Notice of change in placement hearings |
| § 15-11-216. (Effective January 1, 2014) Periodic review hearing |
| § 15-11-217. (Effective January 1, 2014) Periodic review by judicial citizen review panel |
| § 15-11-218. (Effective January 1, 2014) Content of orders following periodic review hearings or reports by judicial citizen review panels |
| Part 12. PERMANENCY PLANNING |
| § 15-11-230. (Effective January 1, 2014) Permanency planning hearing |
| § 15-11-231. (Effective January 1, 2014) Permanency planning report |
| § 15-11-232. (Effective January 1, 2014) Permanency planning hearing; findings |
| § 15-11-233. (Effective January 1, 2014) Termination of parental rights; exceptions |
| Part 13. PERMANENT GUARDIANSHIP |
| § 15-11-240. (Effective January 1, 2014) Appointment of permanent guardian; jurisdiction; findings |
| § 15-11-241. (Effective January 1, 2014) Petition for permanent guardian |
| § 15-11-242. (Effective January 1, 2014) Effect of guardianship order |
| § 15-11-243. (Effective January 1, 2014) Notice and permanent guardianship hearing |
| § 15-11-244. (Effective January 1, 2014) Modification of permanent guardianship order |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 15 Chapter 11 Article 3 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Abortion, T. 16, C. 12, A. 5. Criminal abortion, § 16-12-140. Abortions not to be performed by physician assistants, § 43-34-110. Parental Notification Act, Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Rules 62 -- 66. Parental Notification Act, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 45. Parental notification of abortion, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 23.1 -- 23.9.
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Two Decades of Reproductive Freedom Litigation and Activism in Georgia: From Doe v. Bolton to Atlanta v. Operation Rescue," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 34 (1991).
LAW REVIEWS. --For article, "Two Decades of Reproductive Freedom Litigation and Activism in Georgia: From Doe v. Bolton to Atlanta v. Operation Rescue," see 28 Ga. St. B.J. 34 (1991).