Physical and Mental Examinations

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Courts
  4. Juvenile Code
  5. Termination of Parental Rights
  6. General Provisions
  7. Physical and Mental Examinations

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  1. Upon motion of any party or the court, the court may require a physical or mental evaluation of a child adjudicated as a dependent child or his or her parent, stepparent, guardian, or legal custodian.
  2. The cost of any ordered evaluation shall be paid by the moving party unless apportioned by the court, in its discretion, to any other party or parties.

(Code 1981, §15-11-263, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Parents' mental illness or mental deficiency as ground for termination of parental rights - General considerations, 113 A.L.R.5th 349.


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