CopyCited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 3, 1997 | 482 S.E.2d 275
...J., Hunstein and Thompson, JJ., who dissent.
In the Interest of A. V. B.,
222 Ga. App. 241 (474 SE2d 114) (1996).
42 USC § 10801 et seq.
IBM Corp. v. Evans,
265 Ga. 215, 216 (453 SE2d 706) (1995).
Id. at 218 (Hunt, C. J., concurring).
See OCGA §
15-11-1.
OCGA §
15-11-24 (emphasis supplied).
See OCGA §
15-11-33 (b).
See In re Suggs, 249 Ga....
CopyCited 12 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 11, 1984 | 253 Ga. 404
...not institute adoption proceedings in the courts of this state. OCGA §
19-8-2 (a) (3). They also point out that the juvenile court possesses the authority to terminate parental rights only on grounds of delinquency, unruliness, or deprivation. OCGA §
15-11-24....
CopyPublished | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 3, 1997 | 267 Ga. 728, 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 691
...As a result of GAO's involvement in this matter, the injured party, A.V.B., voluntarily dismissed the administrative proceedings she had initiated while represented by her own legal counsel, [12] in which she sought to challenge her placement in the mental health institution. As to OCGA §
15-11-24, [13] I strongly disagree with the majority's position that the authorization to file a law suit controls the issue whether the State has waived its sovereign immunity. Parties are authorized to file suits seeking damages for personal injuries against government defendants, but that does not mean the sovereign immunity of such defendants has been waived. GAO's reliance on OCGA §
15-11-24 is shrewd, but I reject the argument that the statute authorizes a third party to dictate and determine the manner in which a Georgia DFCS office lawfully carries out its statutory duty as custodian of children....
...GAO asserts legal representation was provided pursuant to a regulation of the Department of Human Resources, which was promulgated as a result of Federal litigation over the State's treatment of juveniles in State mental health institutions. [13] OCGA §
15-11-24 provides that a petition alleging delinquency, deprivation or unruliness of a child "may be made by any person ......