IN INTEREST OF M.D.H.

S16G0428 S16G0546.

793 S.E.2d 49 (2016)

IN The INTEREST OF M.D.H., a Child. In The Interest of D.V.H., a Child.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carver & DeBord, P.C. 360 West Main Street Canton, Georgia 30114, for Appellant in S16G0428.

J. Clifford Head , Shannon Glover Wallace , Wallace W. Rogers Jr. , A.D.A., Cherokee County District Attorney's Office, 90 North Street Suite 390, Canton, Georgia 30114, for Appellee in S16G0428.

Stephen A. Bradley , District Attorney, Joseph Mark McKinnon , Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 121 North Wilkinson Street Suite 305, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, for Appellant in S16G0546.

Ocmulgee Judicial Public Defenders Office, 121 N. Wilkinson Street Suite 216, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061, for Appellee in S16G0546.


According to OCGA § 15-11-521 (b), the State must file a petition alleging delinquency against a juvenile who is not detained within 30 days of the filing of the complaint or seek an extension of that deadline from the juvenile court. These cases present the question of what happens when the State fails to meet this requirement...

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