{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-150","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-150","heading":"Authority to file petition.","body":"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.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 3 Dependency Proceedings","PART 5 Dependency Petitions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.15.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"d0e907c1007e3f0d0ed01571f7fba439ea6cdc8765bd5ac53e202d60cdbe8e55","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-146","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}