{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-39-4-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 39-4-2","heading":"“Appropriate authority in the receiving state” defined.","body":"As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the term “appropriate authority in the receiving state” means, with reference to this state, the Department of Human Services.","path":["TITLE 39 Minors","CHAPTER 4 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.39.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":"d6cc60e936523e9c981f944553062ef64239e26cdd7d71600d21661984a0c2ee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-39-4-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-39-4-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}