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Título 15. COURTS · Capítulo 11. JUVENILE CODE · Artículo 5. CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES · Parte 6. ADJUDICATION, DISPOSITION, AND REVIEWS

15-11-443. Duration of disposition orders.

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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)

    An order of disposition shall be in effect for the shortest time necessary to accomplish the purposes of the order and for not more than two years. A written disposition order shall state the length of time the order is to be in effect. An order of extension may be made if:#

    1. (1)

      A hearing is held prior to the expiration of the order upon motion of DFCS, DJJ, the petitioner, the prosecuting attorney, or on the court’s own motion;#

    2. (2)

      Reasonable notice of the factual basis of the motion and of the hearing and opportunity to be heard are given to the parties affected;#

    3. (3)

      The court finds that the extension is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the order extended; and#

    4. (4)

      The extension does not exceed two years from the expiration of the prior order.#

  2. (b)

    The court may terminate an order of disposition or an extension of such a disposition order prior to its expiration, on its own motion or an application of a party, if it appears to the court that the purposes of the order have been accomplished.#

  3. (c)

    When a child adjudicated as a child in need of services reaches 18 years of age, all orders affecting him or her then in force shall terminate and he or she shall be discharged from further obligation or control.#

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, § 15-11-443, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-35/SB 364; Ga. L. 2015, p. 540, § 2-5/HB 361.

Cross references

Age of majority, § 39-1-1. Motion for extension of Juvenile Court order, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 4.5. Time limitations upon other orders of disposition in Juvenile Court proceedings, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 15.3.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘An Outline of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction with Focus on Child Custody,’’ see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 275 (1973). For article surveying developments in Georgia juvenile court practice and procedure from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 167 (1981). For review of 1998 legislation relating to courts, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 54 (1998). For annual survey of law on appellate practice and procedure, see 62 Mercer L. Rev. 25 (2010). For review of 1996 juvenile proceedings legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 88 and 91 (1996).

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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 1162 a 1163; acción de fusión: carried; SHA-256 del archivo 1f1f034443c3.