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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-56 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-11-56 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-56

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 2 JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATION

15-11-56. Simultaneous service by judges.

  1. No person who is serving as a full-time juvenile court judge shall at the same time hold the office of judge of any other class of court of this state.
  2. No person serving as a juvenile court judge after being elected juvenile court judge pursuant to a local law authorized by a constitutional amendment shall at the same time hold the office of judge of any other class of court of this state.
  3. Nothing in this Code section shall prevent any duly appointed or elected juvenile court judge from sitting by designation as a superior court judge pursuant to Code Section 15-1-9.1.

(Code 1981, §15-11-56, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former O.C.G.A. §§ 15-11-3 and15-11-18 are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor's notes at the beginning of the chapter.

Appointment of retired superior court judge.

- Superior court judge who retires under either of the two superior court judges retirement systems may be appointed to serve as a juvenile court judge; however, with one limited exception, his or her eligibility for senior judge status under either system will be suspended or delayed while appointed to that office. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-9 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-3).

Appointment of superior court judge as juvenile court judge.

- Senior superior court judge, who was not being appointed in that senior judge capacity pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-1-9.1, may be appointed to serve as a part-time state-funded juvenile court judge and, so long as the hours worked annually do not exceed 1040 hours, there is no effect on the senior judge's retirement. 2000 Op. Atty. Gen. No. U2000-9 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-18).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-56

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Interest of I. S., 278 Ga. 859 (Ga. 2005).

Cited 53 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 10, 2005 | 607 S.E.2d 546

...children were deprived. [Cits.]” Id. at 387-388 (1). Because the infants were previously found to be deprived after a hearing held on the petition alleging deprivation, the juvenile court was not required to dismiss the petition pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-56 (a) in order to close the case, after it was established at the subsequent hearing that the children no longer met the statutory definition of deprived....
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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

...294, and a simple statutory change of definition from "deprived" to "dependent" was not the only alteration made. Indeed, at the time In the Interest of D.T. was decided, a juvenile court had statutory authority to grant a continuance in a deprivation hearing, see former OCGA § 15-11-56 (b),16 but authority for the statement that it could do so for "good cause" arose not from statute, but from Uniform Juvenile Court Rule ("UJCR") 11.3, which states, as it did in 2007, that upon motion "the court may continue a hearing for a reasonable time upon good cause shown."17 *626In the Interest of L.A.E....
...dency proceedings. In its continuance order, the court stated it found "that the continuance is not contrary to the interests of the child as outlined in O.C.G.A. § 15-11-110." When the opinion of In the Interest of D.T. , supra, was issued, OCGA § 15-11-56 (b) read: (b) Continuances; scheduling ....
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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

...294, and a simple statutory change of definition from “deprived” to “dependent” was not the only alteration made. Indeed, at the time In the Interest of D. T. was decided, a juvenile court had statutory authority to grant a continuance in a deprivation hearing, see former OCGA § 15-11-56 (b),16 but authority for the statement that it could do so for 16 When the opinion of In the Interest of D.T., supra, was issued, OCGA § 15-11-56 (b) read: (b) Continuances; scheduling....
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In Re Is, 607 S.E.2d 546 (Ga. 2005).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 10, 2005 | 278 Ga. 859

...eprived. [Cits.]" Id. at 387-388(1), 379 S.E.2d 783. [7] Because the infants were previously found to be deprived after a hearing held on the petition alleging deprivation, the juvenile court was not required to dismiss the petition pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-56(a) in order to close the case, after it was established at the subsequent hearing that the children no longer met the statutory definition of deprived....