{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-622","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-622","heading":"Permanency planning requirements; reasons for failure to terminate parental rights.","body":"(a) The permanency plan requirements under Code Sections 15-11-230, 15-11-231, and 15-11-232 shall apply to proceedings involving a child alleged or adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act and placed in foster care.\n(b) In addition to the compelling reasons set forth in Code Section 15-11-233, a compelling reason for determining that filing a termination of parental rights petition is not in the best interests of a child alleged or adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act may include, but not be limited to:\n(1) A child’s developmental needs require continued out-of-home placement for an additional number of months, and his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian has cooperated with referrals, visitation, and family conferences, as well as therapy;\n(2) A child is uncooperative with services or referrals; and\n(3) The length of the delinquency disposition affects the permanency plan.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 6 Delinquency","PART 13 Permanency Planning for Delinquent and Dependent Children"],"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":"c05a964d88204f1ad7c82404a4e628c3cdec77a21f8d781e6fc3647fffd1076f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-621","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-623"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}