History. Code 1981, § 15-11-211 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2014, p. 780, § 1-13/SB 364; Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 14/SB 138; Ga. L. 2019, p. 456, § 2/SB 167; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 15/SB 429.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added “and at each periodic review hearing required by Code Section 15-11-216” at the end of subsection (d) and added the second sentence in subsection (e).
The 2020 amendment, effective July 29, 2020, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “have demonstrated an ongoing” for “have an ongoing” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (e).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2019, p. 456, § 2/SB 167, amended subsection (e) of this Code section but inadvertently omitted the word “demonstrated” preceding “an ongoing commitment” in the first sentence.
Structure Georgia Code
Article 3 - Dependency Proceedings
§ 15-11-210. Disposition Hearing
§ 15-11-211. Relative Search by Dfcs
§ 15-11-212. Disposition of Dependent Child
§ 15-11-213. Disposition Orders; Considerations
§ 15-11-214. Duration of Disposition Orders
§ 15-11-215. Notice of Change in Placement Hearings; Use of Hearsay Evidence; Presumptions
§ 15-11-216. Periodic Review Hearing; Required Evidence; Consideration of Hearsay Evidence
§ 15-11-217. Periodic Review by Judicial Citizen Review Panel