{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-530","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-530","heading":"Issuance of summons.","body":"(a) The court shall direct the issuance of a summons to a child and his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian requiring them to appear before the court at the time fixed to answer the allegations of a petition alleging delinquency. A copy of the petition shall accompany the summons.\n(b) The summons shall state that a party shall be entitled to have an attorney in the proceedings and that the court will appoint an attorney if the party is an indigent person.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 6 Delinquency","PART 7 Summons and Service"],"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":"d6cc8f9ea90ddf4aa04bdd817ea647e35c2d45e1dd177090755bb7f0e0ebbacd","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-523","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-531"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}