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title: Title 29, Chapter 9. Court Proceedings
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id: code:chapter:29-9
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/title/29/chapter/9
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date: 2025
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heading: COURT PROCEEDINGS
title_heading: GUARDIAN AND WARD
section_count: 20
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9.md?full=1
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# Title 29, Chapter 9. Court Proceedings

Title 29. Guardian and Ward

20 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 29-9-1, Application of chapter, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-1.md
- 29-9-2, Appointment of guardian ad litem; representation of persons not sui juris; limited appointment; identification of parties in all petitions; authority of conservator or guardian to act; ineligibility of appointed counsel to be appointed guardian ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-2.md
- 29-9-3, Assessment of costs, compensation, fees, and expenses; factors; enforcement; abuse, neglect, or exploitation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-3.md
- 29-9-4, Personal service; procedure, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-4.md
- 29-9-5, Service upon current residence addresses; service by publication, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-5.md
- 29-9-6, Service upon conservator or guardian, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-6.md
- 29-9-7, Judge’s discretion on notice, service, and additional time for proceedings; additional notice requirements for persons residing in another state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-7.md
- 29-9-8, Waiver of service or notice; written consent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-8.md
- 29-9-9, Oaths, affirmations, and affidavits, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-9.md
- 29-9-10, Oath by department delegate, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-10.md
- 29-9-11, Verification of petitions and returns; consolidation and transfer of proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-11.md
- 29-9-12, Issuance of citations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-12.md
- 29-9-13, Satisfaction of requirements of authentication or exemplification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-13.md
- 29-9-13.1, Authentication of documents, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-13.1.md
- 29-9-14, Court ordered hearings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-14.md
- 29-9-15, Compensation for legal counsel or guardian ad litem, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-15.md
- 29-9-16, Compensation for tasks performed and expenses relating to examination or attendance at hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-16.md
- 29-9-17, Court ordered instruction for conservator or guardian, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-17.md
- 29-9-18, Sealing of records on conservatorship or guardianship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-18.md
- 29-9-19, Petitioner for guardian or conservator to submit to criminal history records check, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/29-9-19.md