{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-510","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-510","heading":"Intake; informal adjustment.","body":"(a) If an alleged delinquent child has not been detained after the filing of a complaint, he or she shall be promptly referred to intake or given a date for arraignment.\n(b) At intake, the court, the juvenile court intake officer, or other officer designated by the court shall inform a child of:\n(1) The contents of the complaint;\n(2) The nature of the proceedings;\n(3) The possible consequences or dispositions that may apply to such child’s case following adjudication; and\n(4) His or her due process rights, including the right to an attorney and to an appointed attorney; the privilege against self-incrimination; that he or she may remain silent and that anything said may be used against him or her; the right to confront anyone who testifies against him or her and to cross-examine any persons who appear to testify against him or her; the right to testify and to compel other witnesses to attend and testify in his or her own behalf; the right to a speedy adjudication hearing; and the right to appeal and be provided with a transcript for such purpose.\n(c) A juvenile court intake officer may elect to pursue a case through informal adjustment or other nonadjudicatory procedure in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 15-11-515.\n(d) If a case is to be prosecuted further and handled other than by informal adjustment or other nonadjudicatory procedure, a referral shall be made to the prosecuting attorney and a petition for delinquency shall be filed within 30 days of the filing of a complaint.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 6 Delinquency","PART 4 Intake or Arraignment"],"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":"86c65d572c7f084fa7366445c7a07d9b633f2a9aaa5d63d5d0c3e3464056759e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-508","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-511"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}