Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 15-18-6.1. Representation of State in Juvenile Court Cases

History. Code 1981, § 15-18-6.1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 4-4/HB 242; Ga. L. 2015, p. 540, § 2-8/HB 361.
Effective date. —
This Code section became effective January 1, 2014.
The 2015 amendment, effective May 5, 2015, added “and may represent the state as parens patraie in cases involving a child in need of services” at the end of the second sentence of subsection (a); in subsection (d), inserted “and child in need of services” near the end of the first sentence, and inserted “or being a child in need of services” in the middle of the last sentence; and inserted “and child in need of services” in the middle of the first sentence of subsection (e).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 5-1/HB 242, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014, and shall apply to all offenses which occur and juvenile proceedings commenced on and after such date. Any offense occurring before January 1, 2014, shall be governed by the statute in effect at the time of such offense and shall be considered a prior adjudication for the purpose of imposing a disposition that provides for a different penalty for subsequent adjudications, of whatever class, pursuant to this Act. The enactment of this Act shall not affect any prosecutions for acts occurring before January 1, 2014, and shall not act as an abatement of any such prosecutions.

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