O.C.G.A.
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.
Statute text
(a) Any person who is appointed as or is performing the duties of a clerk of the juvenile court shall satisfactorily complete 20 hours of training in the performance of the duties of a clerk of the juvenile court within the first 12 months following such appointment or the first performance of such duties.
(b) In each year after the initial appointment, any person who is appointed as or is performing the duties of a clerk of the juvenile court shall satisfactorily complete in that year 12 hours of additional training in the performance of such person's duties as clerk.
(c) Training pursuant to this Code section shall be provided by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia. Upon satisfactory completion of such training, a certificate issued by the institute shall be placed into the minutes of the juvenile court record in the county in which such person serves as a clerk of the juvenile court. All reasonable expenses of such training including, but not limited to, any tuition fixed by such institution shall be paid from county funds by the governing authority of the county for which the person serves as a clerk of the juvenile court, unless funding is provided from other sources.
(d) A judge of the juvenile court shall appoint a clerk pro tempore for that court in order for the regular clerk to attend required training. Such clerk pro tempore shall not be required to meet the training requirements for performing the clerk's duties.
(e) The provisions of this Code section shall not apply to clerks of juvenile courts who also act as clerks of superior courts and who already have mandatory training requirements in such capacity.
History
(Code 1981, § 15-11-65, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
Annotations
Cross references. - Officers of the court and court personnel, Rules for the Juvenile Courts of the State of Georgia, Rule 2.2.
Notes of Decisions
In the Interest of M. A. I., 737 S.E.2d 585 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 20× “As to the August 2011 order, pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-65 and following an August 2, 2011 adjudication for a probation violation, the juvenile court ordered that M.”
In the Interest of A. S., 667 S.E.2d 701 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-11-65 (a). See Haile v. Pittman, 194 Ga.”
In Re the Interest of T. A. W., 447 S.E.2d 136 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 12× “IV and OCGA § 15-11-65 (b). That is to say, since the juvenile courts are courts of record, they are given the constitutional power to grant new trials and no legislative act was necessary to extend that power to them.”
In the Interest of T. A. W., 454 S.E.2d 134 (Ga. 1995).
· cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-11-65 (b). Accordingly, juvenile courts are authorized to grant new trials.”
In the Interest of M. L. P., 498 S.E.2d 786 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “See OCGA § 15-11-65. The review panel is authorized to participate in the formulation of reunification plans which may become orders of the court (OCGA § 15-11-41 (c)), but the panel’s *225 factual findings are not evidence if it amounts to hearsay.”
In the Interest of N. M., 730 S.E.2d 127 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “OCGA § 15-11-65 (a). And orders of disposition are final judgments, directly appealable under OCGA§ 5-6-34 (a) (1).”
In the Interest of D. T., 555 S.E.2d 215 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “Appellant mother signed the April 1997 case plan, and both appellants signed the July 1997 plan.”
City of Lawrenceville v. Davis, 502 S.E.2d 794 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “(citing OCGA § 15-11-65 (b) designating juvenile courts as courts of record).”
In the Interest of C. H., 735 S.E.2d 291 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 4× “” In the instant case, the petition was not one seeking probation revocation pursuant to OCGA§ 15-11-40, but one brought pursuant to OCGA § 15-11-65 (a). Count 2 alleged that C.”
In the Interest of E. G., 726 S.E.2d 510 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “Under OCGA § 15-11-65 (b), formerly OCGA § 15-11-33 (d), “all information helpful in determining whether the children are deprived, including oral and written reports, may be received by the court and relied upon to the extent of its probative value even though not otherwise…”
In the Interest Of: M. A. I., a Child (Ga. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 19× “13 The juvenile court issued a continuance order on August 31, 2011, noting that an evaluation had been scheduled for August 23, 2011, and that a dispositional hearing would be set as soon as possible after receipt of the written evaluation.”
In the Interest of R. S., 731 S.E.2d 97 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “Based upon the above, we reverse and remand the case for further findings applying the correct standard of proof.”
— 15-11-65(a) — 1 case
In Re As, 667 S.E.2d 701 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008).
— 15-11-65(b) — 2 cases
In Re Dt, 555 S.E.2d 215 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001).
In Re Eg, 726 S.E.2d 510 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
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