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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 39. MINORS · Chapter 4. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN

39-4-7. Effect of placement of child in another state upon jurisdiction of court making placement.

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

  1. Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof.

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

Ga. L. 1977, p. 578, § 8.

Cross references

Court disposition of delinquent children generally, § 15-11-35.

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

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 695; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.