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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-11-565. Places authorized for detention of child before and after transfer order.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-11-565. Places authorized for detention of child before and after transfer order.

(a) Prior to the entry of a judgment ordering a child’s transfer or during the pendency of an appeal of a judgment ordering a child’s transfer, such child shall be detained only in those places authorized for the preadjudication detention of a child as set forth in Code Section 15-11-504.

(b) After the entry of a judgment ordering transfer, a child shall be detained only in those places authorized for the detention of a child until such child, as set forth in Code Section 15-11-34, reaches 17 years of age.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-11-565, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.