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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 2. JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATION

15-11-60. Associate juvenile court judges; qualifications.

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

  1. (a)

    A judge may appoint one or more persons to serve as associate juvenile court judges in juvenile matters on a full-time or part-time basis. The associate juvenile court judge shall serve at the pleasure of the judge, and his or her salary shall be fixed by the judge with the approval of the governing authority or governing authorities of the county or counties for which the associate juvenile court judge is appointed. The salary of each associate juvenile court judge shall be paid from county funds.#

  2. (b)

    Each associate juvenile court judge shall have the same qualifications as required for a judge of the juvenile court as provided in Code Section 15-11-51; provided, however, that any person serving as an associate juvenile court judge on July 1, 2007, shall be qualified for appointment thereafter to serve as an associate juvenile court judge.#

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, § 15-11-60, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Cross references

Appeals from referee’s decision, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 19.2. Officers of the court and court personnel, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 2.1 et seq.

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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 746; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.