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GA Code § 15-11-340 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 4A - Extended Care Youth Services|§ 15-11-340. Criteria for Receiving Services; Development of Transition Plan; Termination

  A child may receive extended care youth services from DFCS. In order to receive such services, he or she must be between 18 and 21 years of age, sign a voluntary placement agreement with DFCS, and meet objective eligibility criteria established by DFCS, which shall include one or more of the following requirements:   Be completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential;   Be enrolled in an institution which provides postsecondary or vocational education;   Be a participant in a program or activity designed to promote or remove barriers to employment;   Be employed for at least 120 hours per month;   Be employed for 80 hours per month, provided that he or she is also engaged in one of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection or can only work 80 hours per month due to a medical condition; or   Be incapable of doing any of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection due to a medical condition.     When a child is receiving extended care youth services from DFCS, a DFCS case manager and staff, other representatives of such child and, as appropriate, such child shall develop a transition plan that is personalized at the direction of such child, including an option to execute a durable power of attorney for health care, health care proxy, or other similar document recognized by law with respect to health care and specific options on housing, health insurance, education, local opportunities for mentors and continuing support services, and workforce supports and employment services, and is as detailed as such child may elect. Such transition plan shall be completed within 30 days of the child agreeing to such services and shall be updated as required by this article.   A child may terminate a voluntary placement agreement and stop receiving extended care youth services at any time.   Every 12 months, a DFCS case manager shall determine if a child is still eligible for extended care youth services. If DFCS determines that a child is no longer eligible for extended care youth services, DFCS may terminate the voluntary placement agreement with such child and stop providing extended care youth services. DFCS shall provide written or electronic notice to such child regarding such termination and to the court that approved such services.   A child who is within 12 months of becoming 21 years of age shall not be permitted to sign a voluntary placement agreement with DFCS for extended care youth services.     (Code 1981, §15-11-340, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 927, § 1-5/HB 906; Ga. L. 2020, p. 191, § 3/HB 912.)    The 2020 amendment,  effective July 1, 2020, substituted "12 months" for "60 days" in the first sentence of subsection (d).
GA Code § 15-11-341 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 4A - Extended Care Youth Services|§ 15-11-341. Written Report to Court; Review Hearing and Findings

  No later than 120 days after a voluntary placement agreement is signed by a child, DFCS shall file with the court a written report which shall contain the following:   The child's name, date of birth, race, gender, and current address;   Facts to support a finding that the child meets the eligibility criteria for extended care youth services and an explanation as to why it is in the child's best interests to receive extended care youth services;   A copy of the signed voluntary placement agreement;   A plan for such child to transition to independent living or another planned permanent adult living arrangement which is appropriate for the age and independence of the child using a form adopted by DFCS;   Any information the child wants the court to consider; and   Any other information DFCS wants the court to consider.     Within 30 days of the filing of the written report required by this Code section, the court shall hold a review hearing and make written findings of fact for the purpose of determining whether extended care youth services are in the best interests of such child. The court shall issue an order with regard to the child having extended care youth services if it has determined that such services are in the best interests of the child and, as appropriate, approve or reject the plan for transition to independent living or another planned permanent adult living arrangement submitted by DFCS.     (Code 1981, §15-11-341, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 927, § 1-5/HB 906.)
GA Code § 15-11-342 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 4A - Extended Care Youth Services|§ 15-11-342. Determination of Dates; Periodic Review Hearings; Role of Dfcs in Hearing and Transition Planning

  When a child is receiving services under this article, the date such child is considered to have entered foster care shall be 60 days after such child signed the voluntary placement agreement.     No later than 12 months after a child is considered to have entered foster care, the court shall hold a hearing and make findings of fact for the purpose of determining whether:   The services and supports provided by DFCS under the child's voluntary placement agreement are developmentally appropriate;   DFCS has made reasonable efforts to finalize the child's plan for transition to independent living or another planned permanent adult living arrangement; and   The child is making progress toward achieving independence.     The court shall issue an order adopting or rejecting any updated transition plan for such child.     So long as a child is eligible for and remains in extended care youth services, the court shall conduct periodic review hearings and make written findings of fact in accordance with subsection (b) of this Code section no later than 12 months following the previous hearing. Such periodic review hearings shall continue so long as such child is eligible for and remains in extended care youth services.   Five days prior to any hearing conducted under this Code section, DFCS shall submit a report for the court's consideration, on a form adopted by DFCS, recommending a plan for transition to independent living or another permanent planned adult living arrangement and include the child's name, address, and telephone number, the date he or she entered extended care youth services, and the placement and services being provided for such child.   Within the 90 day period prior to a child no longer receiving extended care youth services from DFCS, a DFCS case manager and staff, and other representatives of such child and, as appropriate, such child shall develop a final transition plan that is personalized at the direction of such child, including an option to execute a durable power of attorney for health care, health care proxy, or other similar document recognized by law with respect to health care and specific options on housing, health insurance, education, local opportunities for mentors and continuing support services, and workforce supports and employment services, and is as detailed as such child may elect.     (Code 1981, §15-11-342, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 927, § 1-5/HB 906.)
GA Code § 15-11-650 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-650. Purpose of Article

 The purpose of this article is:    To set forth procedures for a determination of whether a child is incompetent to proceed; and   To provide a mechanism for the development and implementation of competency remediation services, when appropriate, including treatment, habilitation, support, or supervision services.     (Code 1981, §15-11-650, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)   Law reviews.   - For note, "Statutory Reform in the Georgia Juvenile Court System: Juvenile Competency Issues Finally Addressed," see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 879 (1999).
GA Code § 15-11-651 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-651. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Competency remediation services" means outpatient interventions directed only at facilitating the attainment of competence to proceed for a child adjudicated to be incompetent to proceed. Such term may include mental health treatment to reduce interfering symptoms, specialized psychoeducational programming, or a combination of these interventions.   "Comprehensive services plan" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 15-11-381.   "Incompetent to proceed" means lacking sufficient present ability to understand the nature and object of the proceedings, to comprehend his or her own situation in relation to the proceedings, and to assist his or her attorney in the preparation and presentation of his or her case in all adjudication, disposition, or transfer hearings. Such term shall include consideration of a child's age or immaturity.   "Mental competency proceeding" means a hearing conducted to determine whether a child is incompetent to proceed in adjudication, a disposition hearing, or a transfer proceeding.   "Plan manager" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 15-11-381.   "Treatment facility" means a facility that receives patients for psychiatric treatment as provided in Code Sections 37-3-80 through 37-3-84 but shall not include a secure residential facility.     (Code 1981, §15-11-651, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Defendant's Competency to Stand Trial, 40 POF2d 171.
GA Code § 15-11-652 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-652. Stay of Proceedings Regarding Child Who May Not Be Mentally Competent to Stand Trial; Appointment of Attorney; Tolling of Time Periods

  If at any time after the filing of a petition alleging delinquency or that a child is a child in need of services the court has reason to believe that the child named in the petition may be incompetent to proceed, the court on its own motion or on the motion of the attorney representing such child, any guardian ad litem for such child, such child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or the prosecuting attorney shall stay all proceedings relating to such petition and, unless the court accepts a stipulation by the parties as to such child's incompetency, shall order a competency evaluation of and report on such child's mental condition.   When a delinquency petition is filed alleging a child under the age of 13 has committed a serious violent felony, as defined in Code Section 17-10-6.1, the court shall stay all delinquency proceedings relating to such petition and, unless the court accepts a stipulation by the parties as to such child's incompetency, shall order a competency evaluation and report concerning such child's mental condition.   Any motion, notice of hearing, order, or other pleading relating to a child's incompetency to proceed shall be served upon him or her, his or her attorney, his or her guardian ad litem, if any, his or her parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and the prosecuting attorney.   Prior to the administration of any evaluation, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent a child if he or she is not yet represented by an attorney.   All time limits set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of this chapter for adjudication and disposition of a delinquency or a child in need of services proceeding shall be tolled during the evaluation, adjudication, and disposition phases of the mental competency proceeding and during provision of competency remediation services.     (Code 1981, §15-11-652, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-654 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-654. Transfer of Proceedings

  If at any time following a finding that a child is incompetent to proceed the court determines that such child is a resident of a county of this state other than the county in which the court sits, the court may transfer the proceeding to the county of such child's residence.   When any case is transferred, certified copies of all legal, social history, health, or mental health records pertaining to the case on file with the clerk of the court shall accompany the transfer. Compliance with this subsection shall terminate jurisdiction in the transferring court and initiate jurisdiction in the receiving court.   If a court determines that such child's competency is remediated, jurisdiction of the case may be returned to the transferring court for the adjudication hearing and any subsequent proceedings.     (Code 1981, §15-11-654, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-655 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-655. Mental Competency Hearing; Burden of Proof; Notice; Rights During Hearing; Procedure; Findings

  A hearing to determine if a child is incompetent to proceed shall be conducted within 60 days after the initial court order for evaluation. The hearing may be continued by the court for good cause shown.   Written notice shall be given to all parties and the victim at least ten days prior to such hearing.   The burden of proving that a child is incompetent to proceed shall be on such child. The standard of proof necessary for proving mental competency shall be a preponderance of the evidence.   At the hearing to determine incompetency to proceed, a child's attorney and the prosecuting attorney shall have the right to:   Present evidence;   Call and examine witnesses;   Cross-examine witnesses; and   Present arguments.     The examiner appointed by the court shall be considered the court's witness and shall be subject to cross-examination by both a child's attorney and the prosecuting attorney.   The court's findings of fact shall be based on any evaluations of a child's mental condition conducted by licensed psychologists or psychiatrists appointed by the court, any evaluations of a child's mental condition conducted by independent licensed psychologists or psychiatrists hired by the parties, and any additional evidence presented.   If the court finds that a child is not incompetent to proceed, the proceedings which have been suspended shall be resumed. The time limits under Article 5 or 6 of this chapter for adjudication and disposition of the petition shall begin to run from the date of the order finding such child mentally competent.   Copies of the court's findings shall be given to the parties within ten days following the issuance of such findings.     (Code 1981, §15-11-655, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-657 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-657. Restoration to Competency; Remediation Orders and Reports

  All competency remediation service orders issued by the court shall contain:   The name of the competency remediation service program provider and the location of the program;   A statement of the arrangements for a child's transportation to the program site;   The length of the competency remediation service program;   A statement of the arrangements for a child's transportation after the program ends; and   A direction concerning the frequency of reports required by the court.     DBHDD or a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist shall file a written report with the court:   Not later than six months after the date the court orders that competency remediation be attempted but prior to the first review hearing;   Every six months after the first review hearing if a child remains incompetent to proceed and under an order for remediation;   At any time DBHDD or a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist opines a child has attained competency; or   At shorter intervals designated by the court in its competency remediation order.     DBHDD or the licensed psychologist or psychiatrist written report shall include, but not be limited to:   Whether a child's competency can be remediated or whether a child is likely to remain incompetent to proceed for the foreseeable future;   Whether additional time is needed to remediate a child's competency; and   If a child has attained competency, the effect, if any, of any limitations that are imposed by any medication or other treatment used in the effort to remediate competency.       (Code 1981, §15-11-657, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-659 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-659. Court's Duty When Child Found Unrestorably Incompetent to Proceed

 If at any time after a child is adjudicated to be incompetent to proceed due to age, immaturity, or for any reason other than mental illness or developmental disability and is ordered to undergo competency remediation services and DBHDD determines that such child is likely to remain incompetent to proceed for the foreseeable future, DBHDD shall submit a report and its conclusions to the court. Upon receipt of such report, the court shall:    Make a competency determination;   Order that the applicable petition be dismissed; and   Order that a plan manager be appointed and that the procedures for a comprehensive services plan be initiated under Article 5 of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §15-11-659, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-660 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 7 - Competency in Delinquency or Child in Need of Services Cases|§ 15-11-660. Review Hearings

  The court shall hold a hearing to review a child's progress toward competency:   At least every six months;   At any time, on its own motion or on the motion of the prosecuting attorney, a child's attorney, or a child's guardian ad litem, if any;   On receipt of a report submitted by DBHDD; or   Not less than three months before a child's eighteenth birthday.     If at a review hearing the court finds that a child has attained competency, the suspended proceedings shall be resumed and the time limits applicable under Article 5 or 6 of this chapter shall begin to run from the date of the order finding the child mentally competent.   If at a review hearing held following the court's receipt of a DBHDD or licensed psychologist or psychiatrist's report the court finds that a child's incompetency has not been remediated but that such child has made substantial progress toward remediation, the court may extend the competency remediation program period for an additional 60 days if the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that further participation is likely to lead to remediation of competency.   If at a review hearing the court finds that a child's competency is not remediated and is not likely to be remediated within the time left before such child's eighteenth birthday, the court shall dismiss the petition with prejudice if such child is alleged to be a child in need of services or to have committed a delinquent act which would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.   At each review hearing, the court shall also consider whether the petition alleging delinquency or that a child is a child in need of services should be withdrawn, maintained, or dismissed, without prejudice, upon grounds other than a child's being incompetent to proceed. If the court dismisses the petition, the prosecuting attorney may seek to refile a petition alleging a delinquent act which would be a felony if committed by an adult if a child is later determined to be mentally competent. The prosecuting attorney may also seek transfer to superior court if a child is later determined to be mentally competent and otherwise meets all the requirements for transfer under Article 6 of this chapter.     (Code 1981, §15-11-660, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
GA Code § 15-11-680 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 8 - Parental Notification Act|§ 15-11-680. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Parental Notification Act."    (Code 1981, §15-11-680, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)   Cross references.   - Abortion, T. 16, C. 12, A. 5.    Criminal abortion, § 16-12-140.    Abortions not to be performed by physician assistants, § 43-34-110.   Parental Notification Act, Rules of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Rules 62 - 66.   Parental Notification Act, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 45.   Parental notification of abortion, Uniform Rules for the Juvenile Courts of Georgia, Rules 23.1 - 23.9.   Law reviews.   - For note, "What Do We Have Against Parents?: An Assessment of Judicial Bypass Procedures and Parental Involvement in Abortions by Minors," see 43 Ga. L. Rev. 617 (2009).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In light of the similarity of the statutory provisions, decisions under former Code Section 15-11-110, which was subsequently repealed but was succeeded by provisions in this Code section, are included in the annotations for this Code section.   Standard of proof.    - Former Parental Notification Act, former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-110 et seq. (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-11-680 et seq.), did not require a quantum of proof greater than a preponderance of the evidence. The juvenile court was not tasked with balancing any broader societal interests; thus, there was no basis for imposing a heightened "clear and convincing" standard of proof. In the Interest of Doe, 319 Ga. App. 574, 737 S.E.2d 581 (2013) (decided under former O.C.G.A. § 15-11-110).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   1 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Abortion, § 21.
GA Code § 15-11-681 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 11 - Juvenile Code|Article 8 - Parental Notification Act|§ 15-11-681. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant. The term "abortion" shall not include the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device employed solely to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as a result of a spontaneous abortion. The term "abortion" also shall not include the prescription or use of contraceptives.   "Proper identification" means any document issued by a governmental agency containing a description of the person, the person's photograph, or both, including but not limited to a driver's license, an identification card authorized under Code Sections 40-5-100 through 40-5-104 or similar identification card issued by another state, a military identification card, a passport, or an appropriate work authorization issued by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division of the Department of Homeland Security.   "Unemancipated minor" means any person under the age of 18 who is not or has not been married or who is under the care, custody, and control of such person's parent or parents, guardian, or the juvenile court of competent jurisdiction.     (Code 1981, §15-11-681, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)