Probation Revocation

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Courts
  4. Juvenile Code
  5. Child in Need of Services
  6. Adjudication, Disposition, and Reviews
  7. Probation Revocation

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  1. An order granting probation to a child adjudicated to be a child in need of services may be revoked on the ground that the conditions of probation have been violated.
  2. Any violation of a condition of probation may be reported to any person authorized to make a petition alleging that a child is in need of services as set forth in Code Section 15-11-420. A motion for revocation of probation shall contain specific factual allegations constituting each violation of a condition of probation.
  3. A motion for revocation of probation shall be served upon the child, his or her attorney, and parent, guardian, or legal custodian in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 15-11-424.
  4. If a child in need of services is taken into custody because of the alleged violation of probation, the provisions governing the detention of a child under this article shall apply.
  5. A revocation hearing shall be scheduled to be held no later than 30 days after the filing of a motion to revoke probation.
  6. If the court finds, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a child in need of services violated the terms and conditions of probation, the court may:
    1. Extend his or her probation;
    2. Impose additional conditions of probation; or
    3. Make any disposition that could have been made at the time probation was imposed.

(Code 1981, §15-11-444, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 1-1/HB 242.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 42 Am. Jur. 2d, Infants, § 51. 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Juvenile Courts and Delinquent and Dependent Children, § 113 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 43 C.J.S., Infants, § 245 et seq.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Juvenile Court Act (U.L.A.) § 37.


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