Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 11, Article 9 - Access to Hearings and Records

• § 15-11-700 - Admission to Hearings of General Public and Media
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "dependency proceeding" means a court proceeding stemming from a petition alleging that a child is...
• § 15-11-701 - Sealing of Files and Records; Hearings; Limitations on Disclosure; Identity of Victim
  (a) Upon dismissal of a petition or complaint alleging delinquency or that a child is a child in need of services or completion of...
• § 15-11-702 - Children's Fingerprints, Photographs, and Names
  (a) (1) Every child charged with an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult shall be fingerprinted and photographed upon...
• § 15-11-703 - Use of Disposition and Evidence
  Except as provided in subsection (d) of Code Section 24-6-609, the disposition of a child and evidence adduced in a hearing in the juvenile...
• § 15-11-704 - Public Inspection of Court Files and Records; Use in Subsequent Juvenile or Criminal Prosecution
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section and Code Sections 15-11-705 and 15-11-706, all files and records of the court...
• § 15-11-705 - Child in Need of Services Records; Penalty for Disclosure
  (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, the court records of proceedings under Article 5 of this chapter shall be withheld from public inspection...
• § 15-11-706 - Records for Cases Handled Through Informal Adjustment, Mediation, or Other Nonadjudicatory Procedure; Penalty for Disclosure
  (a) When a decision is made to handle a case through informal adjustment, mediation, or other nonadjudicatory procedure, the juvenile court intake officer shall...
• § 15-11-707 - Notice to School Superintendent
  Within 30 days of any proceeding in which a child is adjudicated for committing a delinquent act for a second or subsequent time or...
• § 15-11-708 - Separation of Juvenile and Adult Records for Law Enforcement; Inspection; Limited Fingerprint Access
  (a) Law enforcement records and files concerning a child shall be kept separate from the records and files of arrests of adults.(b) Unless a...
• § 15-11-709 - Preservation and Destruction of Records; Computer Retrieval
  (a) Subject to the earlier sealing of certain records pursuant to Code Section 15-11-701, the juvenile court shall make and keep records of all...
• § 15-11-710 - Exchange of Information
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "governmental entity" shall mean the court, superior court, DJJ, DBHDD, DFACS, county departments of family...

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