2025 Code of Georgia
Title 49 - Social Services (Chs. 1 — 10)
Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth (Arts. 1 — 14)

Annotations

Notes

By resolution (Ga. L. 1986, p. 1204), the General Assembly urged certain public organizations and state agencies to develop programs for the education and training of social services and criminal justice professionals in the areas of child abuse, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation.

Opinion Notes

Ga. L. 1963, p. 81 et seq. and Ga. L. 1971, p. 709 et seq. (see O. C. G. A. §§ 15-11-1 et seq. and 49-5-1 et seq.) should be read in pari materia. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-53.

Research References & Practice Aids

Juvenile justice system, § 15-11-1 et seq.

Bright from the Start, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, § 591-1-1-.01 et seq.

For annual survey of administrative law, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 17 (1986).

For case comment, “Taylor v. Ledbetter: Vindicating the Constitutional Rights of Foster Children to Adequate Care and Protection,” see 22 Ga. L. Rev. 1187 (1988).

Tort liability of public authority for failure to remove parentally abused or neglected children from parents’ custody, 60 A. L. R.4th 942.

O. C. G. A. Title 49