What age may a child stay home alone in Georgia? May they watch a younger sibling?

What age may a child stay home alone in Georgia (legally)? Aren't their latch key laws in Georgia?

9 to 12 up to two hours
12 up to 12 hrs.
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Georgia Law - "Georgia law makes it pretty clear. Between the ages of 9 and 12, you can leave a child alone for up to two hours. Age 12 and up, no more than 12 hours at a time." I find nothing about leaving a child alone with a younger sibling.

This is an official website and lists state by state latchkey, laws Latchkey Kids - CARE (Call Reassurance) Calling Service Checks on Home Alone Children (http://www.latchkey-kids.com). 12 years of age is the legal age to be left alone at home. For any more information, read the website.

What age may a child stay home alone in Georgia (legally)? Aren't their latch key laws in Georgia?


You posted this in the legal section and it was answered there -

Posts should be combined.

14 if its longer than 4hours
What state are you referring to?

I could find a news article about it that said GA law was very clear about it, but to be honest I had trouble finding the actual GA law they claimed was that clear, but NOhelp was correct on the ages according to the news article

What Age Can I Leave My Children Home Alone? | Breaking News, Weather, Sports and Entertainment for Georgia and South Carolina | Good Question (http://www.nbcaugusta.com/features/goodquestion/2793961.html)

14 if its longer than 4hours



Wrong info - read the sites.

what state are you referring to?



Read her other posts and you'll see the problem here -

You are referring to posts by a poster shapes, they appear to be posting a lot of silly or wrong posts, I have deleted most of their posts a few minutes ago, including the one here