Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 11. JUVENILE CODE · Artículo 3. DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS · Parte 6. SUMMONS AND SERVICE
15-11-162. Sanctions for failure to obey summons.
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.
- (a)
In the event a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child named in a petition alleging dependency is brought willfully fails to appear personally at a hearing after being ordered to so appear or willfully fails to bring such child to a hearing after being so directed, the court may issue an order against the person directing the person to appear before the court to show cause why he or she should not be held in contempt of court.#
- (b)
If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child named in a petition alleging dependency is brought fails to appear in response to an order to show cause, the court may issue a bench warrant directing that such parent, guardian, or legal custodian be brought before the court without delay to show cause why he or she should not be held in contempt and the court may enter any order authorized by and in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 15-11-31.#
History
Code 1981, § 15-11-162, 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 851 a 852; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.