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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 12. SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT OF PAUPERS

36-12-2. Eligibility for benefits.

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

  1. No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the extent required in the furnishing of food, clothing, or shelter.

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

Orig. Code 1863, § 715; Code 1868, § 785; Code 1873, § 763; Code 1882, § 763; Civil Code 1895, § 438; Civil Code 1910, § 553; Code 1933, § 23-2301.

Editor's notes

In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions decided under former Civil Code 1910, §§ 550 and 553 are included in the annotations for this Code section.

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

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