Georgia Code
Part 11 - Disposition
§ 15-11-215. Notice of Change in Placement Hearings; Use of Hearsay Evidence; Presumptions

History. Code 1981, § 15-11-215 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242; Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 15/SB 138; Ga. L. 2019, p. 456, § 3/SB 167; Ga. L. 2020, p. 241, § 2/SB 439; Ga. L. 2021, p. 134, § 7/SB 28.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, added present subsection (f) and redesignated former subsections (f) and (g) as present subsections (g) and (h), respectively.
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in subsection (a), inserted “, in writing,” in the first sentence and added the second sentence; added subsection (d); redesignated former subsections (d) through (h) as present subsections (e) through (i), respectively; added the second sentence to subsection (e); and substituted “preplacement” for “pre-placement” in the middle of subsection (i).
The 2021 amendment, effective January 1, 2022, revised punctuation in subsections (a) and (c); substituted “consider the case plan and permanency plan of a child adjudicated as a dependent, the” for “consider a child adjudicated as a dependent child’s case plan and permanency plan, the” in the first sentence of subsection (e); added subsection (f); redesignated former subsections (f) through (i) as present subsections (g) through (j), respectively; and added the proviso in subsection (h).
Cross references.
Hearsay evidence, T. 24, C. 8.

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