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2018 Georgia Code 15-11-8 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-11-8 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-11-8

TITLE 15 COURTS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15-11-8. Court of record.

The juvenile court is a court of record having a seal. The judge and the judge's duly appointed representatives shall each have power to administer oaths and affirmations.

(Code 1981, §15-11-8, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

Cross references.

- Juvenile Court records, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 3.1 et seq.

Juvenile Court as court of inquiry, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 14.1 and 14.2.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, opinions under pre-2000 Code Section 15-11-65, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section.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.

Concurrent warrant-issuing magistrates.

- See 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-30 (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-65).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Juvenile Courts and Delinquent and Dependent Children, §§ 122, 123.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 15-11-8

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In the Interest of J. S., 282 Ga. 623 (Ga. 2007).

Cited 5 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 29, 2007 | 652 S.E.2d 547

Melton, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether OCGA § 15-11-8 (a) requires either a county or the Department of Juvenile Justice (Department) to pay for emergency medical treatment for a juvenile temporarily placed by a juvenile court into the Department’s custody while that juvenile’s adjudication and the disposition of her delinquency petition remains pending....
...was suffering from a tumor on her pituitary gland. The Department was billed $4,568.50 for J. S.’s treatment, tests, and procedures, and it filed a motion requesting the juvenile court to certify the expenses for *624payment by Baldwin County in accordance with OCGA § 15-11-8 (a) (5)....
...of emergency medical procedures for a juvenile who is in the legal custody of the juvenile court of a particular county but has been placed in the physical custody of the Department. To answer this question, we must turn to statutory authority. OCGA § 15-11-8 provides: (a) The following expenses shall be a charge upon the funds of the county upon certification thereof by the court: (1) The cost of medical and other examinations and treatment of a child ordered by the court......
...Third, in drafting the juvenile code, the Legislature explicitly stated its purpose of protecting and restoring children whose well-being is threatened, see OCGA§ 15-11-1 (1). When these three sources are considered together, it leads to the conclusion that “subsistence,” as used in OCGA§ 15-11-8 (a) (5), must be interpreted to include emergency medical procedures....
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In Re Js, 652 S.E.2d 547 (Ga. 2007).

Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Oct 29, 2007

...Lumley, Lumley & Howell, Macon, for Appellant. Michelle Townes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Dennis R. Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Shalen S. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee. MELTON, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether OCGA § 15-11-8(a) requires either a county or the Department of Juvenile Justice (Department) to pay for emergency medical treatment for a juvenile temporarily placed by a juvenile court into the Department's custody while that juvenile's adjudication and the disposition of her delinquency petition remains pending....
...was suffering from a tumor on her pituitary gland. The Department was billed $4,568.50 for J.S.'s treatment, tests, and procedures, and it filed a motion requesting the juvenile court to certify the expenses for payment by Baldwin County in accordance with OCGA § 15-11-8(a)(5)....
...of emergency medical procedures for a juvenile who is in the legal custody of the juvenile court of a particular county but has been placed in the physical custody of the Department. To answer this question, we must turn to statutory authority. OCGA § 15-11-8 provides: (a) The following expenses shall be a charge upon the funds of the county upon certification thereof by the court: (1) The cost of medical and other examinations and treatment of a child ordered by the court ....
...Third, in drafting the juvenile code, the Legislature explicitly stated its purpose of protecting and restoring children whose well-being is threatened, see OCGA § 15-11-1(1). When these three sources are considered together, it leads to the conclusion that "subsistence," as used in OCGA § 15-11-8(5), must be interpreted to include emergency medical procedures....