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2018 Georgia Code 19-9-42 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 19-9-42 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-9-42

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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

ARTICLE 3 UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT

19-9-42. Article inapplicable to adoptions or authorizations for emergency care.

This article does not govern an adoption proceeding or a proceeding pertaining to the authorization of emergency medical care for a child.

(Code 1981, §19-9-42, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

UCCJEA does not govern adoption proceedings.

- Trial court did not err in exercising jurisdiction in a petition for adoption because the Georgia Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), O.C.G.A. § 19-9-40 et seq., did not govern adoption proceedings. Barr v. Gregor, 316 Ga. App. 269, 728 S.E.2d 868 (2012).

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