ARTICLE 6
DELINQUENCY
15-11-621. Periodic review hearings for delinquent children in foster care or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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The periodic review hearing requirements under Code Sections 15-11-216, 15-11-217, and 15-11-218 shall apply to proceedings involving a child alleged or adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act and placed in foster care.
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When a child is committed to DJJ and for whom a determination has been made that the child's continuation in his or her home is contrary to the child's welfare and he or she is placed in a nonsecure residential facility, such child shall receive a periodic review before an administrative review panel within DJJ within six months following the date the child entered the nonsecure residential facility and every six months thereafter while the child remains in such facility. The administrative review panel within DJJ shall transmit its report, including its findings and recommendations, to the court within five days after conducting its review.
(Code 1981, §15-11-621, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 34, § 1-3/SB 365.)
The 2014 amendment,
effective July 1, 2014, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a) and added subsection (b).
Law reviews.
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For article on the 2014 amendment of this Code section, see 31 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 25 (2014)
