Georgia juvenile courts

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Georgia juvenile courts are specialized trial courts within the state’s judicial system that handle cases involving minors, including delinquency, dependency, and status offenses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf juvenile court system ⓘ
state court division ⓘ
trial court ⓘ
canOrder foster care placement ⓘ
placement in youth detention centers ⓘ
probation for juveniles ⓘ
protective supervision ⓘ
reunification services for families ⓘ
termination of parental rights when statutory grounds are met ⓘ
canTransferCasesTo superior courts of Georgia in certain serious felony matters ⓘ
collaboratesWith Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice ⓘ
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services ⓘ
local school systems in truancy and status offense matters ⓘ
emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment for juveniles ⓘ
establishedUnder Georgia state law ⓘ
focusesOn rehabilitative services for youth and families ⓘ
geographicScope State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
governedBy Georgia Juvenile Code ⓘ
Title 15 Chapter 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ⓘ
hasFeature closed hearings in many juvenile matters ⓘ
informal and non‑jury proceedings in many cases ⓘ
records that may be confidential or sealed ⓘ
hasSpecialProcedure adjudicatory hearings for delinquency ⓘ
dispositional hearings for juvenile cases ⓘ
shelter care and preliminary protective hearings in dependency cases ⓘ
judgesSelectedBy superior court judges of the circuit ⓘ
judgesTermLength four years for juvenile court judges in most circuits ⓘ
jurisdiction certain custody and visitation matters involving juveniles in Georgia ⓘ
children in need of services cases in Georgia ⓘ
dependency cases in Georgia ⓘ
juvenile delinquency cases in Georgia ⓘ
juvenile traffic offenses as defined by Georgia law ⓘ
status offense cases in Georgia ⓘ
termination of parental rights cases in Georgia ⓘ
mayAppoint court appointed special advocates in dependency cases ⓘ
guardians ad litem for children ⓘ
partOf Georgia trial court system ⓘ
Judicial Branch of the State of Georgia ⓘ
presidedOverBy associate juvenile court judges ⓘ
juvenile court judges ⓘ
primaryPurpose ensure public safety in matters involving juveniles ⓘ
protect the welfare of children ⓘ
rehabilitate juvenile offenders ⓘ
servesPopulation minors under 18 years of age in Georgia ⓘ
subjectToAppealIn Georgia Court of Appeals ⓘ
Supreme Court of Georgia in certain cases ⓘ
usesStandard best interests of the child ⓘ

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Government of the State of Georgia → judicialBody → Georgia juvenile courts ⓘ
Judicial branch of Georgia → hasCourt → Georgia juvenile courts ⓘ
Georgia state courts → hasComponent → Juvenile courts of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia juvenile courts
Georgia state courts → trialCourtsOfLimitedJurisdiction → Juvenile courts of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia juvenile courts
Georgia Juvenile Code → enforcedBy → juvenile courts of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia juvenile courts