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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 11. JUVENILE CODE · Artículo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-16. Commencement of proceedings.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

  1. (a)

    A proceeding under this chapter may be commenced:#

    1. (1)

      By an order of transfer of a case from another court as provided in Code Section 15-11-11 or 15-11-567, subsection (f) of Code Section 29-2-6, or subsection (b) of Code Section 29-2-8;#

    2. (2)

      By the summons, notice to appear, or other citation in a proceeding charging a juvenile traffic offense or a violation of the laws, rules, and regulations governing the Department of Natural Resources Game and Fish Division; or#

    3. (3)

      By the filing of a petition for legitimation under Code Section 15-11-11, or in other cases by the filing of a complaint or a petition as provided in Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 of this chapter.#

  2. (b)

    The petition and all other documents in the proceeding shall be entitled ‘‘In the interest of , a child,’’ except upon appeal.#

  3. (c)

    On appeal, the anonymity of a child, and where appropriate, a victim or witness who is under the age of 18 years, shall be preserved by appropriate use of a child’s, victim’s, or witness’s initials as appropriate.#

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Code 1981, § 15-11-16, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-4/SB 364; Ga. L. 2015, p. 540, § 1-4/HB 361.

Cross references

Commencement of formal proceedings, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 5.1 et seq.

Law reviews

For article proposing removal of delinquent or deprived juveniles from the category labeled ‘‘defendants,’’ see 23 Mercer L. Rev. 341 (1972).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volumen V13, edición 2020, página 690; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.