§ 19-13-4. Protective Orders and Consent Agreements; Contents; Delivery to Sheriff; Expiration; Enforcement
The court may, upon the filing of a verified petition, grant any protective order or approve any consent agreement to bring about a cessation of acts of family violence. The court shall not have the authority to issue or approve mutual protective orders concerning paragraph (1), (2), (5), (9), or (11) of this subsection, or […]
§ 19-13-4.1. “Local Law Enforcement Agency” Defined; Security Checks
As used in this Code section, the term “local law enforcement agency” means county and city: Police departments; and Sheriff offices. Upon obtaining a protective order under Code Section 19-13-3 or 19-13-4, the petitioner may elect to request periodic security checks from any local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in which the petitioner resides. Such […]
§ 19-13-5. Supplemental Nature of Remedies Provided by Article
The remedies provided by this article are not exclusive but are additional to any other remedies provided by law. History. Ga. L. 1981, p. 880, § 5.
§ 19-13-6. Penalties
A violation of an order issued pursuant to this article may be punished by an action for contempt or criminally punished as provided in Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16. History. Code 1981, § 19-13-6 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 905, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. […]
§ 19-13-10. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “Commission” means the State Commission on Family Violence. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community supervision. “Department” means the Department of Community Supervision. “Family or household members” means past or present spouses, persons who are parents of the same child, or other persons living or formerly living in the […]
§ 19-13-11. Fee for Certification Application; Valid Period of Certification
In carrying out the purpose of this article, the department shall charge a fee for the consideration of applications for certification of family violence intervention programs and instructors. The amount of this fee shall be established by the commission and shall, as best as the commission shall determine, approximate the expense incurred by the department […]
§ 19-13-13. Administration and Supervision of Certification
A program certified pursuant to this article shall be administered by the department. The department is authorized to promulgate, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations necessary to carry out this article, including, but not limited to, prescribing the form of applications, visiting program facilities, and investigating complaints. The department shall be responsible for the approval […]
§ 19-13-14. Standards and Requirements for Course Content; Course Operators; Certification of Programs; Maintenance of List of Certified Programs
The commission and the department shall establish standards and requirements concerning the content of courses, including, but not limited to, duration of courses, qualifications of instructors, program and certification fees, attendance requirements, and examinations. In order to be certified, a program shall meet the standards established by the commission and the department. Programs may be […]
§ 19-13-15. Cooperation With State Board of Pardons and Paroles
The department and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles may operate family violence intervention programs which meet the requirements of the department. The courts and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles may accept such programs in lieu of certified family violence intervention programs as defined in paragraph (6) of Code Section 19-13-10. History. […]
§ 19-13-16. Mandatory Participation; Cost for Participation
A court, in addition to imposing any penalty provided by law, when sentencing a defendant or revoking a defendant’s probation for an offense involving family violence, or when imposing a protective order against family violence, shall order the defendant to participate in a family violence intervention program, whether a certified program pursuant to this article […]