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Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 11. JUVENILE CODE · Article 10. EMANCIPATION

15-11-722. Summons, answer, and time limitations.

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

  1. (a)

    Upon filing the petition, a copy of the petition for emancipation and a summons to appear at the hearing shall be served on all persons named in the petition and upon any individual who provided an affidavit for the emancipation.#

  2. (b)

    A person served with a petition may file an answer in the juvenile court in which the petition was filed within 30 days of being served.#

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, § 15-11-722, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

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Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, page 1363; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.