Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 61 - Child Support - appt. of coun- sel, cert. contempt proceedings

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 19-6-34

1. Ragan  11th


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SB 61 95                                          LC 22 1340

      SENATE BILL 61

      By:  Senator Ragan of the 11th


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, so
  1- 3  as to provide for the appointment of counsel in certain
  1- 4  contempt  proceedings for failure to pay child support; to
  1- 5  provide for eligibility; to provide for related matters; to
  1- 6  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, is amended
  1-10  by inserting a new Code section to be designated Code
  1-11  Section 19-6-34, to read as follows:

  1-12    "19-6-34. (Index)

  1-13    When a civil contempt proceeding for failure to pay child
  1-14    support is filed by an attorney as a part of such
  1-15    attorney's official duties as an employee or contractor of
  1-16    the state, an agency or instrumentality of the state, or a
  1-17    political subdivision of the state, an indigent defendant
  1-18    in such a proceeding shall be entitled to legal
  1-19    representation by appointed or assigned counsel or by the
  1-20    public defender in accordance with the provisions of
  1-21    Articles 1, 2, and 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 17. Indigence
  1-22    and eligibility for counsel shall be determined in
  1-23    accordance with the provisions of Articles 1, 2, and 4 of
  1-24    Chapter 12 of Title 17."

                         Section 2.

  1-25  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-26  repealed.







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