{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-723","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 15-11-723","heading":"Appointment of attorney and guardian ad litem; affidavits of adults supporting emancipation.","body":"(a) After a petition for emancipation is filed, the court shall appoint an attorney for the petitioner and may:\n(1) Appoint a guardian ad litem to investigate the allegations of the petition and to file a report with the court, including a recommendation as to whether it is in the best interests of the petitioner that the petition for emancipation be granted; and\n(2) Appoint an attorney for the petitioner’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian if he or she is an indigent person and if he or she opposes the petition.\n(b) After a petition for emancipation is filed, the court shall seek an affidavit from each person identified in the petition pursuant to paragraph (7) of subsection (a) of Code Section 15-11-721 that describes why that person believes the petitioner should be emancipated.","path":["TITLE 15 Courts","CHAPTER 11 Juvenile Code","Article 10 Emancipation"],"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":"4c8ccc1e75904d0a3e84d8da33ff259e695e28e08bda6665430260df37366f20","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-722","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-15-11-724"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}