GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 15. COURTS |
Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE |
Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS |
Part 5. DEPENDENCY PETITIONS |
Section 15-11-150. (Effective January 1, 2014) Authority to file petition
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- A DFCS employee, a law enforcement officer, or any person who has actual knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child or is informed of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child that he or she believes to be truthful may make a petition alleging dependency.
Code 1981, § 15-11-150, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.