{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-243","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-243","heading":"Notice and permanent guardianship hearing.","body":"(a) Notice of a guardianship petition pursuant to this part shall be given to a parent of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child and shall also be given in accordance with subsection (c) of Code Section 29-2-17 except that, if the parents have consented to the guardianship, notice of the petition shall not be required to be given to:\n(1) The adult siblings of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child;\n(2) The grandparents of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child; or\n(3) The nearest adult relatives of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child as determined in accordance with Code Section 53-2-1.\n(b) The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Code Section 29-2-18 to determine the best interests of the child who was adjudicated as a dependent child, and in reaching its determination the court shall consider Code Section 15-11-240.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 3 Dependency Proceedings","PART 13 Permanent Guardianship"],"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":"b47e300ce4d6ec79997d48c9772f036b596e2bd3a1d53eadcaf5faa189b4eff8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-242","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-244"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}