O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 49-1-1 (2019)

Definitions

✓ 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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As used in this title, the term:

(1) “Board” means the Board of Human Services.

(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of human services.

(3) “County board” means a county or district board of family and children services.

(4) “County department” means a county or district department of family and children services.

(5) “County director” means the director of a county or district department of family and children services.

(6) “Department” means the Department of Human Services.

History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 355, § 1; Ga. L. 1960, p. 85, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 218, § 1; Ga. L.

1972, p. 1015, §§ 1201, 1203, 1204, 1215; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-1/HB 228.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Floyd Cnty. Grand Jury v. Dep't of Fam. & Child. Servs., 463 S.E.2d 519 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995).
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Floyd Cnty. Grand Jury v. Dep't of Fam. & Child. Servs., 463 S.E.2d 519 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “” The appellant contends that the plain meaning of the terms used in OCGA § 15-12-71 (b) (2) and in the statutes creating and defining county departments of family and children services (OCGA §§ 49-1-1; 49-3-1), along with the county’s annual financial contribution to DFACS and…”
Patrick Schuman v. Georgia Dep't of Human Servs., Div. of Fam. & Child. Servs. (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 49-1-1. Once the appropriate DFACS office receives an 1 The 2018 version of OCGA § 49-5-180 et seq.”
In the Interest of M. R., a Child v. N/A (Ga. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 49-1-1 (6) (defining “department” as the Department of Human Services).”
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