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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-20 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-11-20 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-20

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-20. Referral for mediation.

  1. At any time during a proceeding under this chapter, the court may refer a case to mediation.
  2. When referring a case to mediation, the court shall take into consideration the guidelines from the Georgia Commission of Dispute Resolution for mediating cases involving domestic violence or family violence.
  3. A referral order shall recite that while the parties shall attend a scheduled mediation session and shall attempt to mediate in good faith, such parties shall not be required to reach an agreement.
  4. Victims in a delinquency case referred to mediation may attend and participate in such mediation, but shall not be required to do so as a condition of such case being heard by the juvenile court.

(Code 1981, §15-11-20, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

Cross references.

- Georgia Court-Connected Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, § 15-23-1 et seq.

Law reviews.

- For comment, "Victim Offender Mediation: When Divergent Paths and Destroyed Lives Come Together for Healing," see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 577 (2016).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-20

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Worthy v. State, 324 S.E.2d 431 (Ga. 1985).

Cited 45 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 7, 1985 | 253 Ga. 661

...y authorized intake officer. One purpose of requiring that a juvenile court intake officer be notified of the arrest of a juvenile is to insure that the juvenile is detained, if at all, as prescribed in the Juvenile Code. OCGA §§ 15-11-19 (a) (3), 15-11-20....
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Watkins v. Watkins, 466 S.E.2d 860 (Ga. 1996).

Cited 23 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 19, 1996 | 266 Ga. 269, 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 676

...o protect children coming before it. For instance, in juvenile court, a child may be taken into custody before a hearing 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....
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State v. Whetstone, 264 Ga. 135 (Ga. 1994).

Cited 6 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Apr 25, 1994 | 441 S.E.2d 842, 94 Fulton County D. Rep. 1433

...NOTES [1] Our opinion herein is further buttressed by our review of the statutory mandates which direct law enforcement officers to take suspect juveniles "with all reasonable speed and without first taking the child elsewhere" to an appropriate facility (OCGA § 15-11-19) and only those facilities authorized by OCGA § 15-11-20 (a). Subsection (b) of OCGA § 15-11-20 specifically requires detention of juveniles over whom concurrent jurisdiction may be exercised in a subsection (a) facility unless otherwise ordered by the juvenile court....