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2018 Georgia Code 19-9-22 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-9-22 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-9-22

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 9. Child Custody Proceedings, 19-9-1 through 19-9-134.

ARTICLE 2 CHILD CUSTODY INTRASTATE JURISDICTION ACT

19-9-22. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term:

  1. "Custody" includes visitation rights.
  2. "Legal custodian" means a person, including, but not limited to, a parent, who has been awarded permanent custody of a child by a court order. A person who has not been awarded custody of a child by court order shall not be considered as the legal custodian while exercising visitation rights. Where custody of a child is shared by two or more persons or where the time of visitation exceeds the time of custody, that person who has the majority of time of custody or visitation shall be the legal custodian.
  3. "Physical custodian" means a person, including, but not limited to, a parent, who is not the "legal custodian" of a child but who has physical custody of the child.

(Ga. L. 1978, p. 1957, § 3.)

Law reviews.

- For survey article on domestic relations cases for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 223 (2003). For annual survey of domestic relations cases, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 173 (2005).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

"Legal guardian."

- Grandmother was not a "legal guardian" of a child within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 19-9-22 or O.C.G.A. § 15-11-13. Stills v. Johnson, 272 Ga. 645, 533 S.E.2d 695 (2000).

Change in visitation is form of change in child custody. Tirado v. Shelnutt, 159 Ga. App. 624, 284 S.E.2d 641 (1981).

When the mother had legal custody, it was error for the trial court to indirectly effect a change in custody by modifying a visitation schedule so that the father was given more custody time than the mother. Kennedy v. Adams, 218 Ga. App. 120, 460 S.E.2d 540 (1995).

It was not error for a trial court to order a custody evaluation in a visitation dispute because: (1) O.C.G.A. § 19-9-22(1) included visitation in the definition of "custody"; and (2) O.C.G.A. § 19-9-3(a)(7) authorized the court to order an evaluation. Gottschalk v. Gottschalk, 311 Ga. App. 304, 715 S.E.2d 715 (2011).

Cited in Seymour v. Seymour, 156 Ga. App. 293, 274 S.E.2d 690 (1980); Pruitt v. Hooks, 163 Ga. App. 892, 296 S.E.2d 193 (1982); DeKalb County Dep't of Family & Children Servs. v. Queen, 252 Ga. 274, 312 S.E.2d 800 (1984); In re M.M.A., 174 Ga. App. 898, 332 S.E.2d 39 (1985); Bullington v. Bullington, 181 Ga. App. 256, 351 S.E.2d 700 (1986); Alvarez v. Sills, 258 Ga. 18, 365 S.E.2d 107 (1988); Martin v. Buglioli, 185 Ga. App. 722, 365 S.E.2d 866 (1988); Oglesby v. Deal, 311 Ga. App. 622, 716 S.E.2d 749 (2011); Smith v. Curtis, 316 Ga. App. 890, 730 S.E.2d 604 (2012).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 2 C.J.S., Adoption of Persons, § 47. 39 C.J.S., Guardian and Ward, §§ 51, 52. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 167, 168.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 19-9-22 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 9

Dallow v. Dallow

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2016-09-12

Citation: 299 Ga. 762, 791 S.E.2d 20, 2016 Ga. LEXIS 581

Snippet: majority of time of custody or visitation.” OCGA § 19-9-22 (2). To avoid confusion with the term “legal custodian”

Vines v. Vines

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2013-03-04

Citation: 292 Ga. 550, 739 S.E.2d 374, 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 399, 2013 WL 776606, 2013 Ga. LEXIS 205

Snippet: visitation rights are apart of custody. See OCGA § 19-9-22 (1). *552“Atrial court faced with a petition for

Andersen v. Farrington

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2012-09-10

Citation: 291 Ga. 775, 731 S.E.2d 351, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 2739, 2012 WL 3889105, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 693

Snippet: primary physical custody of the children, OCGA § 19-9-22 (2), and she resided in Fulton County when husband

Johnson v. Johnson

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2012-01-09

Citation: 290 Ga. 359, 721 S.E.2d 92, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 80, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 29

Snippet: Visitation rights are part of custody (OCGA § 19-9-22 (1)), and the provision at issue is a self-executing

Dellinger v. Dellinger

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2004-11-23

Citation: 609 S.E.2d 331, 278 Ga. 732, 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 3745, 2004 Ga. LEXIS 1041

Snippet: visitation matters. See OCGA §§ 19-9-3 (a) (2); 19-9-22 (1); 19-9-41. See also Patel v. Patel, 276 Ga.

Kapur v. Roach

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2000-09-11

Citation: 534 S.E.2d 420, 272 Ga. 767, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 3551, 2000 Ga. LEXIS 613

Snippet: permanent custody of the child by court order. OCGA § 19-9-22(2).

Stills v. Johnson

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2000-07-10

Citation: 533 S.E.2d 695, 272 Ga. 645, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 3553, 2000 Ga. LEXIS 542

Snippet: “legal custodian” of the child pursuant to OCGA §§ 19-9-22 (2) or 15-11-43.7 These code sections provide that

Alvarez v. Sills

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1988-02-25

Citation: 365 S.E.2d 97, 258 Ga. 18, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 142

Snippet: permanent custody of a child by a court order." OCGA § 19-9-22 (2). (Emphasis supplied.) Under the terms of the

DeKalb County Department of Family & Children Services v. Queen

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1984-03-07

Citation: 252 Ga. 274, 312 S.E.2d 800, 1984 Ga. LEXIS 676

Snippet: permanent custody of a child by a court order. OCGA § 19-9-22 (2) (Code Anri. § 24-303b). The legal custodian