15-11-30.4
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15-11-30.4.
If
it appears to any court in a criminal proceeding or a quasi-criminal proceeding
that the defendant is a child, except in cases where the superior court has
exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction as provided in subsection (b) of Code
Section 15-11-28, the case shall forthwith be transferred to the juvenile court
together with a copy of the accusatory pleading and all other papers, documents,
and transcripts of testimony relating to the case. The transferring court shall
order that the child be taken forthwith to the juvenile court or to a place of
detention designated by the court or shall release him or her to the custody of
his or her parent, guardian, custodian, or other person legally responsible for
him or her, to be brought before the juvenile court at a time designated by that
court. The accusatory pleading may serve in lieu of a petition in the juvenile
court unless that court directs the filing of a petition.