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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-150 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-11-150 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-150

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 11. Juvenile Code, 15-11-1 through 15-11-747.

ARTICLE 3 DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS

15-11-150. Authority to file petition.

A DFCS employee, a law enforcement officer, or any person who has actual knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child or is informed of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child that he or she believes to be truthful may make a petition alleging dependency. Such petition shall not be accepted for filing unless the court or a person authorized by the court has determined and endorsed on the petition that the filing of the petition is in the best interests of the public and such child.

(Code 1981, §15-11-150, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-10/SB 364.)

The 2014 amendment, effective April 28, 2014, added the last sentence to this Code section.

Cross references.

- Definition of grandparent and securing of rights, § 19-7-3.

Law reviews.

- For article, "See No Evil, Speak No Evil: Georgia Supreme Court Narrows Requirements for Mandatory Reporters in May v. State," see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 837 (2015). For note criticizing jurisdiction of juvenile justice system over runaways and advocating alternative legal approaches, see 24 Emory L. J. 1075 (1975). For comment on grandparents' visitation rights in Georgia, see 29 Emory L. J. 1083 (1980).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-150

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In re Interest of I.L.M., 816 S.E.2d 620 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 29, 2018 | 304 Ga. 114

...r three minor children, I.L.M., I.T.M., and B.M. On October 8, 2015, in a separate case, the Cherokee County Department of Family and Children Services ("DFCS") filed a petition alleging the parents' newly-born child E.G.M. to be dependent. See OCGA § 15-11-150 et seq.2 That same day, the juvenile court entered a protective custody order and appointed a guardian ad litem for E.G.M.; an adjudication hearing on DFCS's petition was scheduled for October 22, 2015....
...same parents; case number A16A1768 pertained only to the child E.G.M., and case number A16A2046 pertained to three children, I.L.M., I.T.M., and B.M. Only the case pertaining to E.G.M. is encompassed in this Court's granted writ of certiorari. OCGA § 15-11-150 reads: A DFCS employee, a law enforcement officer, or any person who has actual knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child or is informed of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child that he or she believes to be truthful may make a petition alleging dependency....
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In the Interest of I. L. M., Child., 304 Ga. 114 (Ga. 2018).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 29, 2018

...M., and Case No. A16A2045 pertained to three children, I. L. M., I. T. M., and B. M. Only the case pertaining to E. G. M. is encompassed in this Court’s granted writ of certiorari. alleging the parents’ newly-born child E. G. M. to be dependent. See OCGA § 15-11-150 et seq.2 That same day, the juvenile court entered a protective custody order and appointed a guardian ad litem for E....
...dependency petition, asserting that the juvenile court’s decision to continue the originally scheduled hearing of October 22, 2015 contravened the scheduling provisions of OCGA §§ 15-11-1104 and 15-11-181,5 and that the court’s order 2 OCGA § 15-11-150 reads: A DFCS employee, a law enforcement officer, or any person who has actual knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child or is informed of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child that he or she believes to be truthful may make a petition alleging dependency....