Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Part 13. PERMANENT GUARDIANSHIP

15-11-243. Permanent guardianship petition hearing.

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A guardianship petition hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Code Section 29-2-18 to determine the best interests of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child, and in reaching its determination the court shall consider Code Section 15-11-240.

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, § 15-11-243, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2015, p. 540, § 1-9/HB 361; Ga. L. 2023, p. 367, § 1/SB 131, effective July 1, 2023.

Amendments

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, deleted subsection (a); deleted the subsection (b) designation, and substituted “A guardianship petition hearing” for “The hearing” at the beginning.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, 2025 supplement, page 190; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 d86fd6e4449f.

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