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O.C.G.A. § 15-11-401: Child in need of services; venue.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 15 Courts
- CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code
- Article 5 Child in Need of Services
- PART 3 Formal Court Procedures
(a) A proceeding under this article may be commenced in the county in which the act complained of took place or in the county in which the child alleged to be a child in need of services legally resides.
(b) If a proceeding is commenced in the county in which the act complained of took place, the court shall transfer the case to the county in which the child alleged to be a child in need of services legally resides for further proceedings.
(c) When a proceeding is transferred, certified copies of all legal and social documents and records on file with the clerk of court pertaining to the proceeding shall accompany such transfer.
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