15-11-723. Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem; affidavits of adults supporting emancipation.

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

(a)
After a petition for emancipation is filed, the court shall appoint an attorney for the petitioner and may:#
1. (1)
  Appoint a guardian ad litem to investigate the allegations of the petition and to file a report with the court, including a recommendation as to whether it is in the best interests of the petitioner that the petition for emancipation be granted; and#
2. (2)
  Appoint an attorney for the petitioner’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian if he or she is an indigent person and if he or she opposes the petition.#
(b)
After a petition for emancipation is filed, the court shall seek an affidavit from each person identified in the petition pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-11-721 that describes why that person believes the petitioner should be emancipated.#

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, § 15-11-723, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2019, p. 558, § 2-2/HB 228. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, inserted ‘‘shall appoint an attorney for the petitioner and’’ in the introductory language of subsection (a); added ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (a)(1); deleted former paragraph (a)(2), which read: ‘‘Appoint an attorney for the petitioner; and’’; redesignated former paragraph (a)(3) as present paragraph (a)(2); and inserted ‘‘subsection (a) of’’ in the middle of subsection (b).

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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 1363; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1f1f034443c3.