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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Part 2. VENUE FOR DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS

15-11-125. Venue.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    A proceeding under this article may be commenced:#

    1. (1)

      In the county in which a child legally resides; or#

    2. (2)

      In the county in which a child is present when the proceeding is commenced if such child is present without his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian or the acts underlying the dependency allegation are alleged to have occurred in that county.#

  2. (b)

    For the convenience of the parties, the court may transfer the proceeding to the county in which a child legally resides. If the proceeding is transferred, certified copies of all legal and social documents and records pertaining to the proceeding on file with the clerk of court shall accompany the transfer.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-11-125, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Law reviews

For article discussing venue problems in juvenile court practice and suggesting solutions, see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (1972). For article, ‘‘An Outline of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction with Focus on Child Custody,’’ see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 275 (1973).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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