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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-6. Computation of age.

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

  1. (a)

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a child attains a specified age the first second past midnight on the day of the anniversary of such child’s birth.#

  2. (b)

    A child born on February 29 attains a specified age on March 1 of any year that is not a leap year.#

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, § 15-11-6, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Georgia’s Juvenile Code: New Law for the New Year,’’ see 19 Ga. St. B. J. 13 (Dec. 2013).

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