Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 4. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS · Part 4. HEARINGS

15-11-304. Applicability of Title 24; privileges.

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Except as provided in this Code section, hearings to terminate parental rights shall be conducted in accordance with Title 24. Testimony or other evidence relevant to determining whether a statutory ground for termination of parental rights exists may not be excluded on any ground of privilege, except in the case of:
(1)
Communications between a party and his or her attorney; and#
(2)
Confessions or communications between a priest, rabbi, or duly ordained minister or similar functionary and his or her confidential communicant.#

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, § 15-11-304, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-22/SB 364.

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