O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 36-12-2 (2019)

Eligibility for benefits

✓ 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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No person who is able to maintain himself by labor or who has sufficient means shall be entitled to the benefits of the provision for the poor. In cases where women are unable to maintain themselves and the

helpless children they may have, they may be aided to the extent required in the furnishing of food, clothing, or shelter.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 715; Code 1868, § 785; Code 1873, § 763; Code

1882, § 763; Civil Code 1895, § 438; Civil Code 1910, § 553; Code 1933, § 23-2301.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Levy valid even if Act unconstitutional. - An item of a county tax levy for the ‘‘support of paupers,’’ as provided under the Constitution, will not be enjoined on the ground that it is null and void, even if, as alleged, the moneys are to be expended as provided under an unconstitu-

tional Act, unless it also appears that the levy itself is for some reason invalid. If the Act is invalid, the tax must nevertheless be levied. J.G. McCrory Co. v. Board of Comm’rs of Rds. & Revenues, 177 Ga. 242, 170 S.E. 18 (1933) (decided under former Civil Code 1910, §§ 550 and 553.).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2016 · leading case: Williford v. Brown, 785 S.E.2d 864 (Ga. 2016).

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Williford v. Brown, 785 S.E.2d 864 (Ga. 2016). · cites it 2× “Any county having provided for such pauper upon the failure of such relatives to do so may bring an action against such relatives of full age and recover for the provisions so furnished.”

Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Grp. v. Abelson, 392 S.E.2d 916 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “The only legal obligation beyond that point is imposed by OCGA § 36-12-3, which requires support of any adult "pauper contemplated by Code Section 36-12-2, if [the parent is] sufficiently able.”

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