If the allegations of the petition alleging dependency are admitted or after an adjudication hearing the court has adjudicated a child as a dependent child, the court may direct that a written social study and report be made by a person designated by the court.
(Code 1981, §15-11-190, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 43 C.J.S., Infants, § 209 et seq.
U.L.A.- Uniform Juvenile Court Act (U.L.A.) § 28.
ALR.- Defense of infancy in juvenile delinquency proceedings, 83 A.L.R.4th 1135.