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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 15 - COURTS (§§ 15-1-1 — 15-25-3)
Chapter 11 - JUVENILE COURTS (§§ 15-11-1 — 15-11-747)
Article 3 - DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS (§§ 15-11-100 — 15-11-244)
Part 5 - DEPENDENCY PETITION (§§ 15-11-150 — 15-11-153)
Section 15-11-150 - Authority to file petition
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GA Code § 15-11-150 (2024)
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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.
Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 635,§ 1-10, eff. 4/28/2014.
Added by 2013 Ga. Laws 127,§ 1-1, eff. 1/1/2014.
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