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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 7. COMPETENCY IN DELINQUENCY OR CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES CASES

15-11-654. Transfer of proceedings.

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

  1. (a)

    If at any time following a finding that a child is incompetent to proceed the court determines that such child is a resident of a county of this state other than the county in which the court sits, the court may transfer the proceeding to the county of such child’s residence.#

  2. (b)

    When any case is transferred, certified copies of all legal, social history, health, or mental health records pertaining to the case on file with the clerk of the court shall accompany the transfer. Compliance with this subsection shall terminate jurisdiction in the transferring court and initiate jurisdiction in the receiving court.#

  3. (c)

    If a court determines that such child’s competency is remediated, jurisdiction of the case may be returned to the transferring court for the adjudication hearing and any subsequent proceedings.#

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, § 15-11-654, 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, pages 1327 to 1328; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.