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MOTES v. HALL COUNTY &c. SERVICES

39923.

251 Ga. 373 (1983)

306 S.E.2d 260

MOTES v. HALL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sartain & Carey, Jefferson W. Willis, for appellant.

David A. Fox, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, David C. Will, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

This appeal challenges the constitutionality of OCGA § 31-20-3 (Code Ann. § 84-933), which provides for involuntary sterilization of certain mentally incompetent persons.

The Hall County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) initiated proceedings against Ms. Motes under OCGA § 31-20-3 (Code Ann. § 84-933), by filing a petition for sterilization in the Probate Court of Hall County. The Probate Court denied...

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