Section 15-11-35. (Effective until January 1, 2014) Commencement of proceedings  


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  •    A proceeding under this article may be commenced:

       (1) By transfer of a case from another court as provided in Code Section 15-11-30.4;

       (2) As provided in Code Section 15-11-73 in a proceeding charging a juvenile traffic offense;

       (3) By the court accepting jurisdiction as provided in Code Section 15-11-88 or accepting supervision of a child as provided in Code Section 15-11-90;

       (4) In other cases of alleged delinquency, unruliness, or deprivation by the filing of a petition as provided in this article. The petition and all other documents in the proceeding shall be entitled "In the interest of        , a child," except upon appeal, in which event the anonymity of the child shall be preserved by appropriate use of initials; or

       (5) In other cases as provided by law.
Ga. L. 1915, p. 35, § 3; Code 1933, § 24-2403; Ga. L. 1950, p. 367, § 12; Ga. L. 1951, p. 291, § 12; Ga. L. 1968, p. 1013, § 5; Code 1933, § 24A-801, enacted by Ga. L. 1971, p. 709, § 1; Code 1981, § 15-11-11; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1017, § 1; Code 1981, § 15-11-35, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2000, p. 20, § 1.