O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 37-4-40 (2019)

Filing petition with court for according of program of services to developmentally disabled person; order for examination of person by comprehensive evaluation team; report by team; petition hearing; procedure upon finding that department services are necessary

✓ 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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Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 337, § 4/HB 324, effective July 1, 2011.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. - This Code section was based on Ga. L. 1919, p. 377, § 4; Ga. L. 1931, p. 7, § 41; Code 1933, § 35-304; Code 1933, §§ 88-2506, 88-2507, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-2504, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p.

1826, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 734, § 4; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1985, p. 926, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2531, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-18; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-5, 3-14/HB 228.

37-4-40.1 through 37-4-40.5. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 337, § 5/HB 324, effective July 1, 2011. Editor’s notes. - These Code sections were based on Code 1981, § 37-4-40.1 through 37-4-40.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 1092, § 2; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 37; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1902, § 14; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1445, § 17.4; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1324, § 1-18; Ga.

L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-5/HB 228, 3-6/HB 228. Ga. L. 2015, p. 5, § 37/HB 90, effective March 13, 2015, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted the reservation of these Code sections.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1988–1993 · leading case: Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe, 509 U.S. 312 (1993).

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Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe, 509 U.S. 312 (1993). · cites it 2× “1992) (mental illness); Ga. Code Ann. § 37-4-40 et seq. (Supp. 1992) (mental retardation); § 37-3-40 et seq.”

Robbins v. Lumpkin, 370 S.E.2d 635 (Ga. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 8× “See OCGA § 37-4-40. GRC is an instrumentality of appellant Department of Human Resources (DHR) and appellant Bobby Robbins is GRC’s Superintendent (Superintendent).”

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