CopyCited 16 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 20, 1999 | 271 Ga. 491, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 2417
...CARLEY, Justice. Laura J. Burton is an attorney who represented the wife in a child custody action. Although the case originated in the superior court, that court transferred the proceeding to the juvenile court for investigation and determination. OCGA §
15-11-6(b)....
...Where, as here, the referral of a custody issue "is for investigation and determination, then the juvenile court shall proceed to handle the matter in the same manner as though the action originated under [A]rticle [1 of the Juvenile Code], in compliance with the order of the superior court." OCGA §
15-11-6(b)....
...Thus, it is clear that, as to this custody proceeding, the juvenile court was authorized to issue an order restraining the future disclosure of information contained in its files and records, and to punish for contempt any past unauthorized disclosure of that material. OCGA §§
15-11-57(a);
15-11-62....
CopyCited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 9, 1988 | 258 Ga. 291
...Her ground for this position is that *293 the statute which authorizes a superior court to transfer is limited in scope so that it does not include a circumstance in which an issue of termination of parental rights arises in a contempt proceeding in superior court. The statute in question is OCGA §
15-11-6 (b)....
...the court. This leads us to broadly interpret the term "divorce cases" used in the statute so that it includes contempt proceedings brought to enforce the provisions of a divorce decree. We note that the questions which may be transferred under OCGA §
15-11-6 (b) are those of the determination of "custody and support." These words are also given a broad interpretation so that they include termination of parental rights....
CopyCited 4 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 16, 1995 | 462 S.E.2d 612
...diction. That reliance was misplaced since personal jurisdiction was unquestioned in the previous action, and the subject matter jurisdiction of the juvenile court to decide custody issues transferred to it by a superior court is established by OCGA §
15-11-6 (b)....
