HB 497

Abstract

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to delinquency, so as to automatically extend the period for filing a petition for delinquency when informal adjustment or other nonadjudicatory procedures are being used, until such informal adjustment or procedures have failed; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations, so as to provide for de facto custodians custody arrangements; to provide for joint child custody arrangements between a parent and a de facto custodian of a child; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.