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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 4. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS · Part 3. PETITION AND SUMMONS

15-11-285. Sanctions for failure to obey summons.

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

  1. (a)

    If any person named in and properly served with a summons shall without reasonable cause fail to appear or, when directed in the summons, to bring the child named in the petition pursuant to this article before the court, then the court may issue a rule nisi against the person, directing the person to appear before the court to show cause why he or she should not be held in contempt of court.#

  2. (b)

    If a summons cannot be served or if the person to whom the summons is directed fails to obey it, the court may issue an order to take the child named in the petition pursuant to this article into protective custody.#

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, § 15-11-285, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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

Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 993; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.