In the Interest of A. V. B.

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

The Georgia Advocacy Office filed a deprivation action alleging that A. V. B., a minor child, was deprived in the custody of the Dougherty County Department of Family and Children Services (“Dougherty DFCS”). The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and the Court of Appeals reversed.1 We granted certiorari to consider whether GAO’s petition was barred by sovereign immunity. We conclude that sovereign immunity does not bar the action since GAO alleges that Dougherty County acted illegally in its care of the minor child…