Quire v. Clayton County Department of Family & Children Services

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

This case presents the question whether the venue section, Code Ann. § 24A-1101, of the Juvenile Court Code of Georgia, Ga. L. 1971, p. 709 et seq., as amended, is in conflict with the general venue provisions of the Georgia Constitution, Ga. Const. 1976, Art. VI, Sec. XIV, Par. VI (Code Ann. § 2-4306). The trial court upheld the constitutionality of the venue statute and we granted an interlocutory appeal. We reverse. Where the proceeding involves only the termination of parental rights, the parents have the constitutional right to defend such a suit in the…