A violation of an order issued pursuant to this article may be punished by an action for contempt or criminally punished as provided in Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16.
(Code 1981, §19-13-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 905, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 652, § 3.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 28 C.J.S., Domestic Abuse and Violence, § 37 et seq.
ARTICLE 1A FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
Cross references.
- Family violence intervention program participation as condition of probation, § 42-8-35.6.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2002, p. 1435, § 1, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Georgia's Family Violence Intervention Program Certification Act.'"