O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-11-63 (2019)

Clerks and other personnel

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Statute text

(a) The judge of the juvenile court shall have the authority to appoint clerks and any other personnel necessary for the execution of the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The salary, tenure, compensation, and all other conditions of employment of such employees shall be fixed by the judge, with the approval of the governing authority of the county. The salaries of the employees shall be paid out of county funds.

(c) Any employee of the court may be removed for cause by the judge of the court, the reasons therefor to be assigned in writing.

History

(Code 1981, § 15-11-63, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Officers of the court and court personnel, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rule 2.1 et seq.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under pre-2014 Code Section 15-11-24, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor's notes at the beginning of the chapter.

Service by a correctional officer on incarcerated father. - Personal service of a summons and a petition of deprivation by a correctional officer upon an incarcerated father was sufficient as the service procedures in the Civil Practice Act were not adopted nor were those procedures binding on the juvenile court, and the correctional officer was acting under the direction of the court for the purposes of former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-39.1(c) (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 15-11-161, 15-11-282, 15-11-424, and 15-11-531). In the Interest of A.J.M., 277 Ga. App. 646, 627 S.E.2d 399 (2006) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-24).

Cited in In the Interest of D. H., 332 Ga. App. 274, 772 S.E.2d 70 (2015).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes. - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under former Code 1933, § 24A-603, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section. See the Editor's notes at the beginning of the chapter.

Appointment of juvenile court personnel by superior court judge. - Superior court judge sitting as a juvenile court judge may appoint supporting personnel for the juvenile court. 1977 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U77-11 (decided under former Code 1933, § 24A-603).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 87 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2026 · leading case: In the Interest of J. V., 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
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In the Interest of J. V., 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 22× “OCGA § 15-11-63 sets forth designated felony acts for which a child may be placed in restrictive custody.”
In re L. C., 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001). · cites it 44× “, is a juvenile who was found to have committed an aggravated assault, a designated felony under OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (B) (ii). The juvenile court placed L.”
In the Interest of L. J., 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 39× “committed the additional motor vehicle theft violations, designated felony acts under OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (E), the juvenile court imposed restrictive custody pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-63 (b).”
In the Interest of Q. S., 712 S.E.2d 99 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 12× “had committed acts that, if committed by an adult, would amount to aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and unlawful disruption of a public school, and the court adjudicated Q.”
In the Interest of S. F., 719 S.E.2d 558 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 14× “pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (B) (ii), which classifies certain offenses as “designated felony acts,” and ordered that he be placed in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice for five years and confined in a youth development center for thirty months.”
In the Interest of J. W., 667 S.E.2d 161 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 16× “See OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (B) (ii). He was initially placed on probation, but on August 21, 2006, his probation was revoked.”
In the Interest of I. C., 686 S.E.2d 279 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 12× “He contends that the court failed to make proper findings as to his needs and best interests, as required under OCGA § 15-11-63 (c), and made an erroneous finding of fact as to the nature and circumstances of the delinquent offense.”
In the Interest of J. W., 702 S.E.2d 649 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 12× “OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (B) (ii) lists aggravated assault and aggravated battery as “designated felony act[s],” and OCGA § 15-11-63 (b) provides that the juvenile court may order restrictive custody for a juvenile found to have committed a designated felony.”
In the Interest of N. M., 730 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 12× “Under the version of OCGA § 15-11-63 in effect at the time, possession of a weapon on school property was a “designated felony.”
In the Interest of J. A. C., 662 S.E.2d 811 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 8× “He attacks the juvenile court’s finding under OCGA § 15-11-63 (c) (1) that he was “in need of treatment and rehabilitation” as not sufficiently specific, and its finding under OCGA § 15-11-63 (c) (2) that his record included “previous convictions” as outright erroneous.”
In the Interest of D. C., 748 S.E.2d 514 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 20× “On appeal from that order, the appellant does not dispute that, having been adjudicated delinquent based upon a second act of theft by receiving a motor vehicle, the court properly concluded that he committed a designated felony act, as defined by OCGA § 15-11-63 (a) (2) (E). 5…”
In the Interest of M. S., 627 S.E.2d 422 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 20× “pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-63, which classifies certain offenses as “designated felon/’ acts.”
Show all 87 citing cases →
— 15-11-63(a) — 1 case
In Re Tkl, 627 S.E.2d 98 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
— 15-11-63(a)(2) — 2 cases
In Re Lj, 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Jv, 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(B) — 1 case
In Re Cp, 555 S.E.2d 426 (Ga. 2001).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(B)(ii) — 12 cases
In Re Ic, 686 S.E.2d 279 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
In Re Am, 545 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
In Re Jv, 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Mvh, 636 S.E.2d 168 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Az, 687 S.E.2d 887 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(B)(iv) — 1 case
In Re Am, 545 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(B)(vii) — 3 cases
In Re Lj, 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Rw, 726 S.E.2d 708 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
In Re At, 539 S.E.2d 540 (Ga. Ct. App. 2000).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(B)(x) — 1 case
In Re Lj, 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
— 15-11-63(a)(2)(E) — 3 cases
In Re Lj, 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Ej, 663 S.E.2d 411 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
In Re Dc, 705 S.E.2d 313 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
— 15-11-63(b) — 13 cases
In Re Tn, 562 S.E.2d 374 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002).
In Re Mdl, 610 S.E.2d 687 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).
In Re Lj, 630 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Qs, 712 S.E.2d 99 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
In Re Ic, 686 S.E.2d 279 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
— 15-11-63(c) — 14 cases
In Re Rw, 726 S.E.2d 708 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
In Re Tn, 562 S.E.2d 374 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002).
In Re Ic, 686 S.E.2d 279 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
In Re Mdl, 610 S.E.2d 687 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).
In Re Qs, 712 S.E.2d 99 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
— 15-11-63(c)(1) — 2 cases
In Re Jac, 662 S.E.2d 811 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
— 15-11-63(c)(2) — 1 case
In Re Jac, 662 S.E.2d 811 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
— 15-11-63(d) — 1 case
In Re Jw, 702 S.E.2d 649 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010).
— 15-11-63(e) — 3 cases
In Re Ic, 686 S.E.2d 279 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
In Re Qs, 712 S.E.2d 99 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011).
— 15-11-63(e)(1)(A) — 3 cases
In Re Jv, 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
In Re Jw, 667 S.E.2d 161 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
— 15-11-63(e)(1)(B) — 1 case
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
— 15-11-63(e)(1)(C) — 1 case
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
— 15-11-63(e)(1)(D) — 3 cases
In Re Jw, 667 S.E.2d 161 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
In Re Jv, 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Kf, 683 S.E.2d 650 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
— 15-11-63(e)(2)(B) — 1 case
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
— 15-11-63(e)(2)(C) — 4 cases
In Re Jv, 638 S.E.2d 757 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006).
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
In Re Jw, 667 S.E.2d 161 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
In Re Th, 680 S.E.2d 569 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).
— 15-11-63(e)(2)(D) — 1 case
In Re Lc, 548 S.E.2d 335 (Ga. 2001).
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