GA 17-10-14 - GA 17-10-14

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Custody of juvenile until 21 years. - Ordering that the juvenile remain in the Department of Juvenile Justice custody until the juvenile reaches 21 years of age is neither authorized by O.C.G.A. § 49-4A-9(e) or any other provision of Georgia law. Ga. Dep't of Juvenile Justice v. Eller, 338 Ga. App. 247 , 789 S.E.2d 412 (2016). While O.C.G.A. § 49-4A-9(b) provides the superior court broad discretion to modify the court's orders for the welfare of any child subject to the court's jurisdiction, the plain language of subsection (e) limits that discretion once that child becomes 17 years of age. Ga. Dep't of Juvenile Justice v. Eller, 338 Ga. App. 247 , 789 S.E.2d 412 (2016). Judgment of the trial court directing the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to hold in its custody...