Section 15-11-400. (Effective January 1, 2014) Child in need of services; time limitations for continued custody or temporary custody hearings

   (a) The continued custody hearing for a child alleged to be a child in need of services shall be held promptly and no later than:

   (1) Seventy-two hours after such child is taken into temporary custody if he or she is being held in a secure residential facility or nonsecure residential facility; or

   (2) Five days after such child is placed in foster care, provided that, if the five-day time frame expires on a weekend or legal holiday, the hearing shall be held on the next day which is not a weekend or legal holiday.

(b) If a child alleged to be a child in need of services was never taken into temporary custody or is released from temporary custody at the continued custody hearing, the following time frames apply:

   (1) The petition for a child in need of services shall be filed:

      (A) Within 30 days of the filing of the complaint with the juvenile court; or

      (B) Within 30 days of such child's release from temporary custody;

   (2) Summons shall be served at least 72 hours before the adjudication hearing;

   (3) An adjudication hearing shall be scheduled to be held no later than 60 days after the filing of the petition for a child in need of services; and

   (4) If not held in conjunction with an adjudication hearing, a disposition hearing shall be held and completed within 30 days after the conclusion of an adjudication hearing.

(c) If a child alleged to be a child in need of services is not released from temporary custody at the continued custody hearing, the following time frames apply:

   (1) The petition for a child in need of services shall be filed within five days of the continued custody hearing;

   (2) Summons shall be served at least 72 hours before an adjudication hearing;

   (3) An adjudication hearing shall be scheduled to be held no later than ten days after the filing of the petition for a child in need of services; and

   (4) If not held in conjunction with an adjudication hearing, a disposition hearing shall be held and completed within 30 days after the conclusion of an adjudication hearing.

Code 1981, § 15-11-400, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.