Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Part 8. ADJUDICATION

15-11-180. Standard of proof.

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The petitioner shall have the burden of proving the allegations of a dependency petition by clear and convincing evidence.

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.

Code 1981, § 15-11-180, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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