2014 Georgia Code
Title 15 - COURTS
Chapter 11 - JUVENILE CODE
Article 3 - DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS
Part 5 - DEPENDENCY PETITIONS
§ 15-11-150 - Authority to file petition
A DFCS employee, a law enforcement officer, or any person who has actual knowledge of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child or is informed of the abuse, neglect, or abandonment of a child that he or she believes to be truthful may make a petition alleging dependency. Such petition shall not be accepted for filing unless the court or a person authorized by the court has determined and endorsed on the petition that the filing of the petition is in the best interests of the public and such child.
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