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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-59 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-11-59 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-59

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 2 JUVENILE COURT ADMINISTRATION

15-11-59. Educational seminars.

  1. The Council of Juvenile Court Judges, in conjunction with the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia, shall establish seminars for all judges and associate juvenile court judges exercising juvenile court jurisdiction and may make provisions relative to such seminars by court rules properly adopted.
  2. Seminars shall offer instruction and training in juvenile law and procedure, child development and psychology, sociological theories relative to delinquency and breakdown of the family structure, and such other training and activities as the council may determine would promote the quality of justice in the juvenile court system.
  3. Expenses of administration of seminar programs and actual expenses incurred by the judges or associate juvenile court judges in attending such seminars shall be paid from state funds appropriated for the council for such purpose, from federal funds available to the council for such purpose, or from other sources. Judges and associate juvenile court judges shall receive the same expense and travel allowances which members of the General Assembly receive for attending meetings of legislative interim committees.
  4. Each judge and associate juvenile court judge exercising juvenile jurisdiction shall receive training appropriate to the role and participate in at least 12 hours of continuing legal education or continuing judicial education established or approved by the council each year and meet such rules as established by the council pertaining to such training. Superior court judges may meet this requirement by attending seminars held in conjunction with the seminars for superior court judges provided by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia. Judges and associate juvenile court judges shall not exercise juvenile court jurisdiction unless the council certifies that annual training has been accomplished or unless the judge is in the first year of his or her initial appointment; provided, however, that the council may in hardship cases extend deadlines for compliance with this Code section.

(Code 1981, §15-11-59, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

Cross references.

- Rules and Regulations for the Organization and Government of the State Bar of Georgia

Certification of judicial officers, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 1.3.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-59

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Napper v. Georgia Television Co., 356 S.E.2d 640 (Ga. 1987).

Cited 46 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | May 6, 1987 | 257 Ga. 156, 14 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1075

...constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Our treatment of this Exemption will be discussed in Division 3, infra. (h) The appellant argues that records related to arrests and criminal histories of juveniles are not subject to the Public Records Act, in that under OCGA § 15-11-59 (b), these records are not open for public inspection unless "a charge of delinquency is transferred for criminal prosecution under Code Section 15-11-39, or the interest of national security requires, or the court otherwise orders in the...
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Smith v. State, 510 S.E.2d 1 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 39 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 9, 1998 | 270 Ga. 240, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3788

...State, 265 Ga. 356, 357(1), 456 S.E.2d 560 (1995). 2. Smith complains that the State obtained improper access to his juvenile record during the discovery process for two reasons: 1) a detective viewed Smith's juvenile file in violation of OCGA §§ 15-11-58 and 15-11-59; and 2) a later juvenile court proceeding where the State was given permission to copy portions of the file was outside the scope of the Unified Appeal Procedure ("UAP")....
...A defendant's juvenile court record is admissible as aggravation evidence in the sentencing phase of a capital trial. Burrell v. State, 258 Ga. 841, 844(7), 376 S.E.2d 184 (1989); OCGA § 15-11-38(b). The record shows that the detective complied with OCGA § 15-11-59(c) because he obtained the consent of the juvenile court judge before examining Smith's file....