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# O.C.G.A. § 49-5-1. Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Children and Youth Act.”

## History

Ga. L. 1963, p. 81, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 49/HB 79.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Recovery and administration of child support, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Services, Office of Child Support Recovery, § 290-7-1-.01 et seq.