15-11-19. Rights of parties to proceedings.

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

(a)
A party has the right to be present, to be heard, to present evidence material to the proceedings, to cross-examine witnesses, to examine pertinent court files and records, and to appeal the orders of the court; provided, however, that the court shall retain the discretion to exclude a child from any part or parts of any proceeding under Article 3 of this chapter if the court determines that it is not in such child’s best interests to be present. An attorney for an excluded child shall not be excluded from the proceedings.#
(b)
A person afforded rights under this chapter shall be advised of such rights at that person’s first appearance before the court.#

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, § 15-11-19, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Law reviews

For article discussing due process in juvenile court procedures in California and Georgia, in light of In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967), see 8 Ga. St. B. J. 9 (1971). For article, ‘‘Termination of Parental Rights: Recent Judicial and Legislative Trends,’’ see 30 Emory L. J. 1065 (1981). For survey article on appellate practice and procedure, see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 21 (2007). For comment, ‘‘School Bullies — They Aren’t Just Students: Examining School Interrogations and the Miranda Warning,’’ see 59 Mercer L. Rev. 731 (2008).

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