This package of bills revised and added a number of code sections to Georgia\u27s child protection legislation. The package includes requirement for reporting abuse and provides a civil penalty for failure to do report. The package also includes provisions for a state-wide registry to improve information sharing between state agencies and tracing statistical information presently collected at the county level; a state medical examiner system; automatic autopsies following the deaths of children under age seven; or in situations in which circumstances warrant; more open access to child abuse records; and a requirement that child care services submit reunification plans when children are taken from their parents. The package also provides tha...
The Act expands certain definitions found in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. The definit...
The Act amends the Code definition of interference with custody to include the willful and intention...
The Act prohibits an original action for grandparent visitation where the parents of the child are n...
These Acts are a comprehensive reform to existing child abuse legislation. The Acts provide for law ...
The Act adds child-counseling and service organization personnel to the list of individuals required...
The Act amends the statutory requirements for notice to individuals suspected of child abuse by prov...
The Act provides certified child advocacy centers access to records of child abuse, sexual abuse, or...
The Act allows licensed child placement agencies and child-caring institutions that are assisting th...
The Act amends the Code to define sexual exploitation of children, mandate reporting by film process...
The Act updates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act to include the requirements of the Hague ...
The Act amends several aspects of Georgia domestic relations law. First, the Act provides that in a...
The Act expands the definition of “child abuse” by providing for a definition of “near fatality.” It...
The Acts broaden the category of protected persons, reduce the standard for issuance of a temporary ...
The Act amends the Code sections governing the Georgia Child Abuse Registry, changing the definition...
The Act changes who may have access to child abuse records and what information such persons may be ...
The Act expands certain definitions found in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. The definit...
The Act amends the Code definition of interference with custody to include the willful and intention...
The Act prohibits an original action for grandparent visitation where the parents of the child are n...
These Acts are a comprehensive reform to existing child abuse legislation. The Acts provide for law ...
The Act adds child-counseling and service organization personnel to the list of individuals required...
The Act amends the statutory requirements for notice to individuals suspected of child abuse by prov...
The Act provides certified child advocacy centers access to records of child abuse, sexual abuse, or...
The Act allows licensed child placement agencies and child-caring institutions that are assisting th...
The Act amends the Code to define sexual exploitation of children, mandate reporting by film process...
The Act updates the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act to include the requirements of the Hague ...
The Act amends several aspects of Georgia domestic relations law. First, the Act provides that in a...
The Act expands the definition of “child abuse” by providing for a definition of “near fatality.” It...
The Acts broaden the category of protected persons, reduce the standard for issuance of a temporary ...
The Act amends the Code sections governing the Georgia Child Abuse Registry, changing the definition...
The Act changes who may have access to child abuse records and what information such persons may be ...
The Act expands certain definitions found in the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. The definit...
The Act amends the Code definition of interference with custody to include the willful and intention...
The Act prohibits an original action for grandparent visitation where the parents of the child are n...