O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-112 (2019)
Authority of tribunal
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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Under this article, a tribunal in Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.
History
Code 1981, § 19-11-112, enacted by Ga.
L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2017–2017 · leading case: Ross v. Ross, 805 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. 2017).
Ross v. Ross, 805 S.E.2d 7 (Ga. 2017). “We find it disconcerting that counsel for the parties did not mention 28 USC § 1738Bor OCGA § 19-6-26 in the briefing to this Court or, apparently, to the trial court below.”
Ross v. Ross (Ga. 2017). “12 We find it disconcerting that counsel for the parties did not mention 28 USC § 1738B or OCGA § 19-6-26 in the briefing to this Court or, apparently, to the trial court below.”
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