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2018 Georgia Code 19-9-86 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-9-86 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-9-86

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

19-9-86. Granting relief and enforcing registered custody determinations.

  1. A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the laws of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state.
  2. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with Part 2 of this article, a registered child custody determination of a court of another state.

(Code 1981, §19-9-86, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Registration not a prerequisite to modification.

- In a Georgia action to modify an Alaska child custody determination, although the Alaska judgment was not registered, the plain language of O.C.G.A. §§ 19-9-85 and19-9-86 did not require that the Alaska custody determination be registered before it was modifiable. Lopez v. Olson, 314 Ga. App. 533, 724 S.E.2d 837 (2012).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 50 C.J.S., Judgments, § 1297 et seq.

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