07 LC 25
4881S
The
House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to HB
303:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 15-11-58 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to reasonable efforts regarding reunification of family, reports and plans,
custody orders when reunification found not to be in child´s best interest,
duration of orders, review of determinations, hearings, and supplemental orders,
so as to provide that the duration of certain orders in deprivation proceedings
may be extended for longer periods under certain circumstances; to provide for
other party´s ability to file certain motions; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 15-11-58 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
reasonable efforts regarding reunification of family, reports and plans, custody
orders when reunification found not to be in child´s best interest,
duration of orders, review of determinations, hearings, and supplemental orders,
is amended by revising subsection (n) as follows:
"(n)
The court which made the order may extend its duration for
one or more
periods of not more than 12 months
if:
(1)
A hearing is held upon motion of the Division of Family and Children Services of
the Department of Human Resources
or any other
party in interest as recognized by the
court prior to the expiration of the
order;
(2)
Reasonable notice of the factual basis of the motion and of the hearing and
opportunity to be heard are given to the parties affected; and
(3)
The court finds
by clear and
convincing evidence that the extension is
necessary to accomplish the purposes of the order extended
and is in the
best interest of the
child."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.