2025 Code of Georgia
Title 49 - Social Services (Chs. 1 — 10)
Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth (Arts. 1 — 14)
Article 8 - Central Child Abuse Registry (§§ 49-5-180 — 49-5-187)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Constitutionality. —

Portion of O. C. G. A. § 49-5-183.1 precluding a person from compelling a child’s testimony in proceedings in which the person is classified as a child abuser is unconstitutional and, because it is central to the general scope of the Act establishing the registry system, the entire Act is unconstitutional. State v. Jackson, 269 Ga. 308, 496 S. E.2d 912, 1998 Ga. LEXIS 382 (1998).

Research References & Practice Aids

Law reviews.

For note on 1995 amendments of sections in this article, see 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 360 (1995).

Hierarchy Notes:

O. C. G. A. Title 49

O. C. G. A. Title 49, Ch. 5


Universal Citation:
O.C.G.A. Title 49, Ch. 5, Art. 8
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