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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 11. JUVENILE CODE · Artículo 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Parte 6. SUMMONS AND SERVICE

15-11-160. Issuance of summons.

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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)

    The court shall direct the issuance of a summons to a child if such child is 14 years of age or older, such child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, such child’s attorney, such child’s guardian ad litem, if any, and any other persons who appear to the court to be proper or necessary parties to the proceeding, requiring them to appear before the court at the time fixed to answer the allegations of the petition alleging dependency. A copy of the petition alleging dependency shall accompany the summons unless the summons is served by publication, in which case the published summons shall indicate the general nature of the allegations and where a copy of the petition alleging dependency can be obtained.#

  2. (b)

    A summons shall state that a party is entitled to an attorney in the proceedings and that the court will appoint an attorney if the party is an indigent person.#

  3. (c)

    The court may endorse upon the summons an order directing a child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian to appear personally at the hearing and directing the person having the physical custody or control of a child to bring such child to the hearing.#

  4. (d)

    A party other than a child may waive service of summons by written stipulation or by voluntary appearance at the hearing.#

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, § 15-11-160, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.

Cross references

Amendment to Juvenile Court petition, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 6.6. Continuance of adjudicatory hearing in Juvenile Court, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 11.3.

Law reviews

For article discussing due process in juvenile court procedures in California and Georgia, in light of In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1, 87 S. Ct. 1428, 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 (1967), see 8 Ga. St. B. J. 9 (1971).

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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, páginas 846 a 847; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.