Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 11, Article 2 - Juvenile Court Administration

• § 15-11-50 - Creation of Juvenile Courts; Appointment of Judges
  (a) There is created a juvenile court in every county in the state.(b) Except where election is provided by local law, the judge or...
• § 15-11-51 - Qualification of Judges
  (a) No person shall be judge of the juvenile court unless, at the time of his or her appointment, he or she has attained...
• § 15-11-52 - Terms and Compensation of Judges
  (a) Each appointed juvenile court judge shall serve for a term of four years.(b) The compensation of the full-time or part-time juvenile court judges...
• § 15-11-53 - Practice of Law by Judges
  (a) It shall be unlawful for any full-time juvenile court judge to engage in any practice of law outside his or her role as...
• § 15-11-54 - Administration and Expenses of Juvenile Courts
  (a) Each juvenile court shall be assigned and attached to the superior court of the county for administrative purposes.(b) The governing authority of the...
• § 15-11-55 - Applicability of Local Laws
  (a) To the extent that the provisions of this article conflict with a local constitutional amendment authorizing the election of a juvenile court judge...
• § 15-11-56 - Simultaneous Service by Judges
  (a) No person who is serving as a full-time juvenile court judge shall at the same time hold the office of judge of any...
• § 15-11-57 - Commissioning of Juvenile Court Judges; Appointment of Associate Juvenile Court Judges
  (a) Whenever a juvenile court judge is appointed it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court to forward to the...
• § 15-11-58 - Council of Juvenile Court Judges; Role; Director
  (a) All of the judges and associate judges of the courts exercising jurisdiction over children shall constitute a Council of Juvenile Court Judges. The...
• § 15-11-59 - Educational Seminars
  (a) The Council of Juvenile Court Judges, in conjunction with the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia, shall establish seminars for all judges...
• § 15-11-60 - Associate Juvenile Court Judges; Qualifications
  (a) A judge may appoint one or more persons to serve as associate juvenile court judges in juvenile matters on a full-time or part-time...
• § 15-11-61 - Associate Juvenile Court Traffic Judges
  (a) The judge may appoint one or more persons to serve at the pleasure of the judge as associate juvenile court traffic judges on...
• § 15-11-62 - Pro Tempore Juvenile Court Judges
  (a) In the event of the disqualification, illness, or absence of the judge of the juvenile court, the judge of the juvenile court may...
• § 15-11-63 - Clerks and Other Personnel
  (a) The judge of the juvenile court shall have the authority to appoint clerks and any other personnel necessary for the execution of the...
• § 15-11-64 - Collection of Information by Juvenile Court Clerks
  Each clerk of the juvenile court shall collect the following information for each child in need of services, delinquent child, and child accused of...
• § 15-11-65 - Training Requirements for Juvenile Court Clerks
  (a) Any person who is appointed as or is performing the duties of a clerk of the juvenile court shall satisfactorily complete 20 hours...
• § 15-11-66 - Appointment and Salaries of Probation and Intake Officers
  (a) The judge may appoint one or more probation and intake officers.(b) The salaries of the probation and intake officers shall be fixed by...
• § 15-11-67 - Duties of Probation or Community Supervision Officers
  (a) A county juvenile probation officer or DJJ staff member serving as a juvenile probation officer or community supervision officer, as appropriate: (1) Shall...
• § 15-11-68 - Duties of Juvenile Court Intake Officers
  (a) A juvenile court intake officer: (1) Shall receive and examine complaints and charges of delinquency, of dependency, or that a child is a...
• § 15-11-69 - Transfer of Probation and Intake Services and Employees to Department of Juvenile Justice
  (a) The probation and intake services of the juvenile court of each county may be transferred to and become a part of the state-wide...

Last modified: October 14, 2016