GA 17-14-13 - GA 17-14-13

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Order of restitution is debt within meaning of Bankruptcy Code. - Victim who is the subject of an order of restitution has a cause of action in the victim's own right for enforcement of the order. Therefore, an order of restitution is a debt within the ambit of 11 U.S.C. § 1328. Newton v. Fred Haley Poultry Farm, 15 Bankr. 708 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 1981). Before O.C.G.A. § 17-14-13 becomes operative, there must be a restitution order which is a condition of any relief ordered and the relief must have been accepted by the offender or inmate. Conklin v. Zant, 202 Ga. App. 214 , 413 S.E.2d 536 (1991). Cited in Cargill v. Zant, 207 Ga. App. 393 , 427 S.E.2d 809 (1993); Patterson v. State, 289 Ga. App. 663 , 658 S.E.2d 210 (2008); Patterson v. State, 289 Ga. App. 663 , 658 S.E.2d ...