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GA Code § 15-15-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-2. Office of Receiver of Child Support; Establishment; Appointment of Receiver; Term; Removal; Additional Employees

  The governing authority of each county within this state is authorized by appropriate resolution to establish an Office of the Receiver of Child Support and to establish the position of child support receiver in accordance with this chapter.   Upon the establishment of the Office of the Receiver of Child Support, the governing authority of the county shall appoint, for a term of two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, a child support receiver who shall be the director of the Office of the Receiver of Child Support.   Where there is not a sufficient caseload to justify a full-time child support receiver in each county, the governing authorities of the counties comprising the judicial circuit may appoint a single individual to serve as child support receiver for all or part of the judicial circuit.   The child support receiver shall be subject to removal by the governing authority of the county for failure to carry out the orders of the court or for neglect of any duty imposed by the court. The child support receiver shall not engage in the private practice of law.   The Office of the Receiver of Child Support shall be a local agency of the judicial branch of government within that circuit and the child support receiver shall be an officer of the superior court.   The governing authority of the county may appoint such additional employees as it may deem necessary.    (Code 1933, §§ 24-2701a, 24-2702a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    District attorney's office may not act as a child support receiver or collect the fee contemplated by O.C.G.A. § 15-15-5. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-67.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 39 Am. Jur. 2d, Guardian and Ward, § 56 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, § 7 et seq. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 49.
GA Code § 15-15-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-3. Receiver's Oath of Office and Bond; Employees' Bonds

 The child support receiver shall take the oath of office prescribed by Code Section 45-3-1 and shall execute bond with good security in the same amount as is prescribed by law for the clerk of the superior court of such county. The child support receiver shall require that any employee of the office shall likewise execute a bond with good security.   (Code 1933, § 24-2706a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Official bonds generally, § 45-4-1 et seq.
GA Code § 15-15-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-4. Duties of Child Support Receiver

 It shall be the duty of the child support receiver to:    Collect all child support payments and such other payments of support as are established by judicial order or by a written agreement of a parent or guardian to furnish support to his minor child, the terms of which specify that support payments are to be paid through the child support receiver;   Act as trustee for remittance to the person or other party entitled to receive payment for child support;   Maintain adequate books and records for all payments received and disbursed by the child support receiver in such a manner as to easily determine the type of action in which the payments were ordered, showing the amount of the obligation fixed by the court and the amount of payments credited to each account;   Notify within 15 days the person entitled to support of any account which is 30 days past due except:   When a case has been designated as a public assistance case, the delinquent amount and a copy of the payment records of that account shall be promptly referred and forwarded to the district attorney's office or the state agency responsible for the enforcement of collection of such delinquent payments;   In cases in which actions have been filed under Article 2 or Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the district attorney and forward a copy of the payment records and the amount of arrears to the district attorney;   In cases in which a court has ordered that child support payments be paid through the child support receiver as a condition of probation or a suspended sentence, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the probation office of such court and shall forward a copy of the payment records and the amount of arrears to the prosecuting attorney; or   In cases which are based upon a written agreement in which a person has agreed to provide support of a minor child, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the party designated in the agreement;     Prepare an annual budget for the Office of the Receiver of Child Support and, after the budget has been approved by the judge or judges of the county or circuit, submit the same to the county or counties affected for their approval; the budget shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed by the county governing authorities; and   File a complete financial report of all payments received and all payments disbursed under Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 19 by the Office of the Receiver of Child Support with the county department of family and children services. The report shall include the names and addresses of all payors and all payees as well as the amounts paid. The report shall be made on a quarterly basis.    (Code 1933, § 24-2702a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 3.)   Law reviews.   - For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 15-15-4.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-4.1. Contempt Action by Child Support Receiver When Payments Not Made in Accordance With Order

 Whenever any person required to furnish support to a minor by payments through a child support receiver and whenever such payments are not made in accordance with the judicial order or written agreement, the child support receiver shall be authorized to bring an action for contempt against the person required to make such payments. Any such action shall be brought pursuant to Code Section 19-6-4 and shall be brought in the court which originally ordered the payment of child support.    (Code 1933, § 24-2702a.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1204, § 2; Code 1981, §15-15-4.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1204, § 4.)
GA Code § 15-15-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-5. Fees and Costs; Disposition; Records

  The child support receiver shall be authorized to charge the paying party an additional 5 percent of the amount of each payment, not to exceed $2.00 per payment. In the event of arrearage, the above fee shall be assessed as if the payments had been paid individually when due. The collected fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. Records of all such fees shall be maintained in accordance with this chapter.   In addition to any amounts charged pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the child support receiver shall be required to assess and collect from the paying party all costs of court and service fees of the sheriff in any action initiated by the state.Such costs and fees shall be collected from the paying party with the first child support payment collected. Where a paying party is not financially capable of paying such costs and fees in a single payment, such individuals shall pay a $5.00 installment payment toward such costs and fees with each child support payment until all such court costs and sheriff's fees are paid in full.Said costs, including the sheriff's service fees, shall be paid to the clerk of the superior court who, after making the reports and payments otherwise required by general law, shall pay the remainder into the general fund of the county.All paying parties who have been determined to be indigent by the court shall be exempt from the assessment and collection of court costs and sheriff's service fees until the paying party is no longer found to be indigent.   Nothing in this Code section shall allow or require any reduction of child support payments paid to any parent or guardian of a minor child.    (Code 1933, § 24-2703a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 755, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2516, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For note on 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 234 (1992).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    District attorney's office may not act as a child support receiver or collect the fee contemplated by O.C.G.A. § 15-15-5. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-67.   Recoupment of program costs by payment deduction not authorized.    - O.C.G.A. § 15-15-5 does not authorize a superior court to require in the court's orders to pay child support pursuant to the Child Support Recovery Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1 et seq., that a fee be deducted from each payment and paid into the county treasury in order to recoup the costs of the program. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-67.    Superior court clerk is not entitled to charge a fee  in connection with the handling of child support monies. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-2.
GA Code § 15-15-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-6. Salaries

 The chief judge, with the approval of the governing authority of the county or counties affected, shall fix the salary of the child support receiver and any other employees of such office, to be paid from the treasury of the county or counties.   (Code 1933, § 24-2704a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 35, 36, 165.
GA Code § 15-15-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 15 - Child Support Receivers|§ 15-15-7. Office Space; Expenses

  The child support receiver shall maintain an office within the county courthouse or within other suitable office space provided by the county or counties.   It shall be the responsibility of the governing authority of the county or counties to budget for all expenses, including rent, utilities, telephone expenses, materials, and supplies, for the Office of the Receiver of Child Support.    (Code 1933, § 24-2705a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-17-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 17 - Constables|§ 15-17-1. Through 15-17-21

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-2, effective July 1, 1983.   Editor's notes.   - This chapter was based on Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 335; Laws 1811, Cobb's 1851 Digest, pp. 201, 645, 646; Laws 1816, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 204; Laws 1818, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 206; Laws 1820, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 649; Laws 1829, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 213; Laws 1830, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 214; Ga. L. 1857, p. 49, § 6; Orig. Code 1863, §§ 436, 438-442, 446, 447, 451; Ga. L. 1877, p. 83, § 2; Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 191, § 2; Ga. L. 1882-83, p. 110, § 2; Ga. L. 1897, p. 97, § 1; Ga. L. 1906, p. 45, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1909, p. 182, § 1; Ga. L. 1912, p. 74, § 1; Ga. L. 1918, p. 124, §§ 1-4; Ga. L. 1919, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 1947, p. 1449; Ga. L. 1958, p. 195, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 610, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 351, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1969, p. 875, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 1693, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 496, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1981, Ex. Sess., p. 8; and Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 15. For current provisions, see Code Section 15-10-100 et seq.
GA Code § 15-20-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-1. Short Title

 This chapter may be known and cited as "The Law School Legal Aid Agency Act of 1967."   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Propriety and effect of law students acting as counsel in court suit, 3 A.L.R.4th 358.   Court appointment of attorney to represent, without compensation, indigent in civil action, 52 A.L.R.4th 1063.
GA Code § 15-20-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-2. Declaration of Purpose

 It is in the public interest to promote the availability of legal aid to indigent persons and in connection therewith to encourage the establishment and operation of legal aid agencies by law schools in this state and the utilization of the services of third-year law students in the legal aid agencies as a form of legal intern training and service that will provide competent and professional legal counsel to indigent persons.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Programs for defense of indigents in criminal cases, T. 17, C. 12.   Law reviews.   - For article discussing the rise of clinical legal education programs, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 443 (1973). For article, "Providing Legal Services to Prisoners," see 8 Ga. L. Rev. 363 (1974).
GA Code § 15-20-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-4. Application to Establish Legal Aid Agency; Separate Application for Each County

  A law school in this state which has established a legal aid agency or proposes to establish a legal aid agency may obtain approval thereof by applying for that purpose to a judge of the superior court in the county in which the legal aid agency is operating or proposes to operate.   The application shall be made in the name of the dean of the law school. It shall request the judge to approve the legal aid agency conducted or proposed by the law school and to establish a standard of indigency appropriate to that county for determining the persons who may be served by the legal aid agency. It shall also include such information and data concerning the law school's legal aid agency and the appropriate standard of indigency as will enable the judge to make the approval and establish the standard as contemplated hereunder.   A law school must obtain approval by a separate application in each county in which its legal aid agency is operating or proposes to operate, and any authority to practice legal aid allowed under this chapter shall be limited to the county for which approval of the legal aid agency has been obtained as provided in this Code section.    (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 15.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Propriety and effect of law students as counsel in court suit, 3 A.L.R.4th 358.
GA Code § 15-20-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-5. Showing Required

 Upon receipt of an application under Code Section 15-20-4, the judge of the superior court may require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he deems necessary to satisfy himself that the application is complete and in order, that the purposes of Code Section 15-20-2 are served, and that the requirements contemplated in paragraph (1) of Code Section 15-20-3 are met. He may also require such showing and otherwise give the matter such direction as he deems necessary to establish a standard of indigency appropriate to that county.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-20-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-6. Entry of Order; Continuing Jurisdiction of Superior Court Judge

 When the judge of the superior court has determined that the application warrants approval and has established a standard of indigency, he shall enter an appropriate order. The order shall retain a continuing jurisdiction over these matters. At any time the judge may require a review thereof to assure himself that the purposes of this chapter are being served and that the privileges accorded hereunder are not being abused or used for other purposes.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-20-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-7. Malpractice Insurance

 In the order approving a legal aid agency the judge of the superior court shall require the applicant to procure and maintain an appropriate coverage of malpractice liability insurance.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-20-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-8. Participants in Legal Aid; Certification by Dean; Oath

 When a law school legal aid agency has been approved as contemplated in Code Section 15-20-6, a third-year law student or staff instructor regularly enrolled may be certified as a participant therein and authorized to practice legal aid as an adjunct thereof in such form and manner as the judge of the superior court may prescribe, taking care that the requirements of this chapter and the good moral character of the student or instructor are properly certified by the dean of the law school. Before entering an order authorizing him to practice legal aid, the judge shall further require of the student or instructor an oath similar to the oath required by an attorney.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1.)
GA Code § 15-20-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 20 - Law School Legal Aid Agencies|§ 15-20-9. Filing of Dean's Certificate; Duration of Authority to Practice Legal Aid; Termination of Authority

 As to each third-year law student or staff instructor authorized to practice legal aid, there shall be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the superior court in the county where such authority is to be exercised the dean's certificate, the student's and instructor's oaths, and the judge's order as contemplated under Code Section 15-20-8. The authority to practice legal aid, as allowed under this chapter, shall extend for no longer than one year. If during this period any change occurs in the status of the student or instructor at the law school in which he was enrolled at the time of his original certification, that is, if the student or instructor ceases his enrollment at the law school, ceases his enrollment in that law school's legal aid agency, or otherwise is expelled or suspended from the law school, then any authority to practice legal aid shall terminate and be revoked.   (Code 1933, § 9-401.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 153, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 336, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 8, § 15.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.   - Propriety and effect of law students acting as counsel in court suit, 3 A.L.R.4th 358.
GA Code § 15-21A-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-1. Legislative Findings and Intent

  The General Assembly finds that over the years, at various times, there have been enacted into the law and Constitution of this state numerous provisions relating to court costs, fees, and criminal penalty and bond surcharges for various stated purposes and that additional costs, fees, and surcharges may be added in the future. Because of the seriatim nature of these enactments, little or no consideration has been given to the interaction of the enacting provisions. There exists a lack of fiscal data concerning such fees. State law has in some cases provided insufficient guidance for local officials with respect to the priority and manner of distribution of such costs, fees, and surcharges. There exists a need for a centralized agency to act as the collecting and remitting agent for such costs, fees, and surcharges in order to provide for uniform practices and fiscal accountability with respect to such collection and remittance.   It is the intent of this chapter to meet the needs identified in subsection (a) of this Code section and to provide for certain new fees and surcharges in order that funds may be made available for appropriation and may be appropriated for purposes of indigent defense.     (Code 1981, §15-21A-1, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX.)
GA Code § 15-21A-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-2. "Authority" Defined

 As used in this chapter, the term "authority" means the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority established pursuant to Code Section 15-6-94.    (Code 1981, §15-21A-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX.)
GA Code § 15-21A-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 21A - Judicial Accounting|§ 15-21A-3. Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority as Custodial Trustee

  As used in this Code section the term "court" means all trial courts within this state including, but not limited to, superior, juvenile, state, magistrate, probate, municipal, and special courts, whether called mayor's courts, recorder's courts, police courts, civil courts, traffic courts, or miscellaneous courts or any other trial court created in this state under any other name.   The authority shall act as collecting and remitting agent with respect to the costs, fees, and surcharges for certain costs, fees, or surcharges by any clerk of court or other officer or agent of any court. The authority in performing this function shall receive and disburse such funds only in the capacity of a custodial trustee, and such funds shall not in the process of receipt and disbursement become funds of the authority. The costs, fees, and surcharges subject to this Code section are:   The additional divorce case filing fee under Code Section 15-6-77.4 and the additional marriage license fee under Code Section 15-9-60.1;   The surcharge on fines and bonds imposed for the training of law enforcement and prosecutorial officers and for indigent defense purposes under Code Section 15-21-73;   The additional penalties imposed in cases of driving under the influence for purposes of state crime victims compensation under Code Section 15-21-112;   The additional penalties imposed in cases of driving under the influence for purposes of the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund under Code Section 15-21-149;   Fees collected by the courts under Code Section 42-8-34; and   Local victim assistance funds collected pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 21 of this title.       (Code 1981, §15-21A-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, Ex. Sess., p. ES3, § 10/HB 1EX.)