Child Attorney Trial Notebook for Deprivation Cases in Georgia's Juvenile Courts

Author: Mary Hermann, Esq. Child Attorney, Consultant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Date: April 24, 2006

For print copies, please contact the Supreme Court of Georgia's Committee on Justice for Children www.gajusticeforchildren.org, 404.657.9219.

All Chapters in a Single PDF File


1. Deprivation Case Flowchart
2. Probable Cause / Detention / 72 Hour Hearing
3. Adjudication -- Formal Hearing -- 10 Day Hearing -- ADJ.
4. Disposition Hearing/Diligent Search for Relatives
5. Review Hearing
6. Protective Order
7. Permanency Hearing
8. Motion to Extend
9. Non-Reunification Hearing
10. Petition to Modify Relative Care Subsidy
11. Reasonable Efforts Requirement/ IV E Eligibility
12. Case Plan/Citizen Panel Review
13. Termination of Parental Rights & Post TPR Reviews
14. Court of Inquiry
15. Guardianship & Transfers of Guardianship Terminations
16. Legitimation
17. Discovery
18. Intra State Transfer Pre-Adj and Post Disposition for Reunification
19. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
20. Evidence / Objections / Exceptions
21. Childhood Disorders
22. Emancipation & Rescission of Emancipation
23. Judicial By Pass Hearing Parental Notification of Abortion & Waiver Hearing
24. Immigration Status and Issues
25. Appeals
26. A Brief Guide to Appellate Practice and Philosophy For Guardians Ad Litem
27. Child Development
28. Glossary of Terms
29. DJJ-DFCS Cooperative Agreement
30. DFCS Timeline & Obligations Under Kenny A