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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 5. PROGRAMS AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH · Article 1. CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES

49-5-18. Instituting or intervening in legal proceedings.

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

  1. The commissioner is authorized to institute or to intervene in any legal proceedings necessary to the performance of duties and responsibilities of the department and to the enforcement of this article and provisions of policies, standards, rules, and regulations established by the board in conformity with this article as may be commensurate with the legal status of the department to a child or youth committed to the care, custody, or control of the department or as may otherwise be specifically provided for in this article.

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. 1963, p. 81, § 19.

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Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, page 287; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b1a50b0e3917.