Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Part 5. DEPENDENCY PETITIONS

15-11-153. Amendment of petition.

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

(a)
The petitioner may amend the petition alleging dependency at any time:#
1. (1)
  To cure defects of form; and#
2. (2)
  Prior to the adjudication hearing, to include new allegations of fact or requests for adjudication.#
(b)
When the petition is amended after the initial service to include new allegations of fact or requests for adjudication, the amended petition shall be served on the parties and provided to the attorneys of record.#
(c)
The court shall grant the parties additional time to prepare only as may be required to ensure a full and fair hearing; provided, however, that when a child is in protective custody or in detention, an adjudication hearing shall not be delayed more than ten days beyond the time originally fixed for the hearing.#

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, § 15-11-153, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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