GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 15. COURTS |
Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE |
Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Section 15-11-11. (Effective January 1, 2014) Concurrent jurisdiction
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- The juvenile court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to hear:
(1) Any legitimation petition filed pursuant to Code Section 19-7-22 concerning a child alleged to be dependent;
(2) Any legitimation petition transferred to the court by proper order of the superior court;
(3) The issue of custody and support when the issue is transferred by proper order of the superior court; provided, however, that if a demand for a jury trial as to support has been properly filed by either parent, then the case shall be transferred to superior court for the jury trial; and
(4) Any petition for the establishment or termination of a temporary guardianship transferred to the court by proper order of the probate court.
Code 1981, § 15-11-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.