O.C.G.A. § 19-13-6 (2019)
Penalties
A violation of an order issued pursuant to this article may be punished by an action for contempt or criminally punished as provided in Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16.
History
Code 1981, § 19-13-6, enacted by Ga. L.
1985, p. 905, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 652, § 3.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Double jeopardy. - State may not prosecute a defendant for aggravated stalking based upon the same set of facts previously used to prosecute the same defendant for a violation of a domestic
violence order. Kinney v. State, 223 Ga. App. 418, 477 S.E.2d 843, 1996 Ga. App. LEXIS 1118 (1996), cert. denied, No. S97C0323, 1997 Ga. LEXIS 205 (Ga. Feb. 21, 1997).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 28 C.J.S., Domestic Abuse and Violence, § 37 et seq.
ARTICLE 1A FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION Cross references. Family violence, T. 19, C. 13. Communications between victim of
family violence or sexual assault and agents providing service to such victim, §
Family violence intervention program participation as condition of probation, § 42-8-35.6. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2002, p. 1435, § 1, not codified by
the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia’s Family Violence Intervention Program Certification Act.’”