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O.C.G.A. § 19-13-1

“Family violence” defined

Known as the Georgia’s Family Violence Intervention Program Certification Act

The act spans §§ 19–19 (31 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 426 N.J. Super. 230 - Sk v. Jh (2012)

Most recently applied in Christopher Lawrence v. Gwinnett County (February 2014)

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As used in this article, the term “family violence” means the occur-

rence of one or more of the following acts between past or present spouses, persons who are parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or other persons living or formerly living in the same household:

(1) Any felony; or

(2) Commission of offenses of battery, simple battery, simple assault, assault, stalking, criminal damage to property, unlawful restraint, or criminal trespass.

The term “family violence” shall not be deemed to include reasonable discipline administered by a parent to a child in the form of corporal punishment, restraint, or detention.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.