O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Upon application of a party, the court, or any authorized officer of the court, the clerk of the court shall issue subpoenas in accordance with the provisions of Title 24 requiring attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of evidence at any hearing under this chapter. A delinquency proceeding conducted in this state shall be considered a criminal prosecution insofar as the applicability of Article 4 of Chapter 13 of Title 24.
History
Code 1981, § 15-11-18, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Editor’s notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under pre-2000 Code Section 15-11-22, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor’s notes at the beginning of the chapter. Information obtainable through sources other than attorney. - Child’s
paternal grandparents were not entitled to subpoena the attorney who had represented the child’s mother in several DUI cases in order to obtain information concerning her ‘‘alcohol problem’’ since the information sought could have been obtained through other sources. In re N.S.M., 183 Ga. App. 398, 359 S.E.2d 185 (1987) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-22).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 81 Am. Jur. 2d, Witnesses, § 7 et seq. C.J.S. - 98 C.J.S., Witnesses, §§ 13, 18 et seq.
U.L.A. - Uniform Juvenile Court Act (U.L.A.) § 18.
Notes of Decisions
In the Interest of J. P., 470 S.E.2d 706 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 12× “" Under OCGA § 15-11-18, "[a] child taken into custody shall not be detained or placed in shelter care prior to the hearing on the petition unless: (1) [h]is detention or care is required to protect the person or property of others or of the child.”
Livingston v. State, 467 S.E.2d 886 (Ga. 1996).
· cites it 2× “released, an informal detention hearing shall be held promptly and not later than 72 hours after he is placed in detention or shelter care to determine whether his detention or shelter care is required under Code Section 15-11-18, provided that, if the 72 hour time period…”
In the Interest of L. A. E., 447 S.E.2d 627 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 4× “The court recommended that a petition issue and that the child continue to be detained because it found present the first two conditions of the four alternative conditions authorized by OCGA § 15-11-18. The public defender, who represented the child at the hearing, was appointed…”
In the Interest of J. D. M., 369 S.E.2d 920 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988).
· cites it 4× “” OCGA § 15-11-18 (3). “A person taking a child into custody, with all reasonable speed and without first taking the child elsewhere, shall .”
Watkins v. Watkins, 466 S.E.2d 860 (Ga. 1996).
“…on a *864 petition alleging deprivation if certain emergency circumstances are present. See OCGA § 15-11-17(a)(4); § 15-11-18; § 15-11-20(f); § 15-11-21. If the child is detained before the hearing, the parents must be notified of the allegations of deprivations, OCGA §…”
Perrin v. Stansell, 533 S.E.2d 458 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 2× “, pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-18. For the next several months, the child lived with appellee, who allowed the appellant only supervised visits with B.”
L. A. E. v. Davis, 435 S.E.2d 216 (Ga. 1993).
· cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-11-18. On March 24, 1993, petitioner’s counsel filed this application for habeas corpus, alleging that OCGA § 15-11-21 (c), which requires a probable cause hearing in a juvenile case to be conducted within 72 hours, was unconstitutional under the authority of County of…”
In the Interest of J. L. P., 486 S.E.2d 387 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997).
· cites it 2× “*163 Appellant could not be released to his parents under OCGA §§ 15-11-18 (3) and 15-11-19 (a) (1) because of the prior adjudication and custody order, as well as appellant’s extensive juvenile delinquency record; thus, appellant simply remained in the custody of the Department…”
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