Georgia § 49-4-173 - Maintenance of records by county or district director; use of facts and findings in other proceedings.
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§ 49-4-173. Maintenance of records by county or district director; use of facts and findings in other proceedings.
The court may, for the purposes of this Code section, direct the county or district director of family and children services to maintain records pertaining to all aspects of any personal representative proceedings, which records the court may adopt as the court's record and in lieu of maintenance of separate records by the court. The facts arrived at by the county or district director pursuant to this Code section and the findings of the court pursuant to this Code section shall not be competent as evidence in other proceedings dealing with any subject matter other than as provided in this article. (Ga. L. 1964, p. 200, § 4.)
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