The State of Georgia recognizes the capacity of all of its citizens, including those who are developmentally disabled, to be both personally and socially productive; and it further recognizes its obligation to provide aid in the form of a coordinated system of community facilities, programs, and services to developmentally disabled citizens so that they may achieve a greater measure of independence and fulfillment and more fully enjoy their rights of citizenship.
O.C.G.A. § 37-4-1
Declaration of policy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case S.H. v. Edwards (1988)
Most recently applied in S.H. v. Edwards (November 1988)
— Code 1933, § 88-2501, en- 1978, p. 1826, § 1; Ga
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