The Act provides for compensation to agencies which recruit, educate, or train potential adoptive or foster parents. The Act also provides that only a preliminary records check determination is required before a licensed child-placing agency may place a child in a foster care home, while a satisfactory fingerprint records check
These Acts revise a number of Code sections relating to juvenile law and proceedings. They define juvenile traffic offenses and delinquent offenses; define exclusive original jurisdiction over all juvenile traffic offenses to the juvenile court; require and official record be kept of juvenile traffic and delinquent offenses; strengthen the public
The Act provides that, as a matter of public policy, the unconditional release of accused juveniles prior to the adjudication of their cases is preferred to incarceration. The Act sets forth conditions under which the detention of a juvenile may be considered. The Act also delineates certain values which must
The two Acts, while applying to different Code sections, have a similar effect on Georgia court procedures. SB 273 permits probate and municipal courts having jurisdiction over traffic offenses to request that the circuit district attorney or the state court solicitor in that country conduct trials on behalf of the
The Act amends Georgia's Designated Felony Law by providing that a juvenile will be subject to the provisions of the Designated Felony Law if the juvenile commits an act which would be a felony if committed by an adult and the juvenile has been adjudicated three times previously
The Code is amended so that when a juvenile who is allegedly abused, deprived, or neglected is removed from the home, the juvenile court judge or the judge's designee must approve the specific placement of the child. July 1, 1987
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The Act provides for service of process in proceedings to enforce alimony and child support payments, for service to be perfected, even if the respondent does not answer, and for the respondent to be charged with costs. The Act also changes the conditions under which the Department of Human Resources
The Act imposes a statutory duty on state and local agencies and private employers to provide, upon the request of the Department of Human Resources, certain information about persons owing or allegedly owing a duty of support to a dependent child. July 1, 1987
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The Act encourages the reporting of suspected habitual drug abuse by children to the child welfare agency of the state. This reporting is to be done by those who care for the children, including school teachers. The Act also provides for confidentiality of the records of the drug abuse. July
