O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
History
Code 1981, § 19-9-86, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.
Annotations
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 and 19-9-86 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 Ga. App. LEXIS 228 (2012).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 50 C.J.S., Judgments, § 1297 et seq.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 2012–2015 · leading case:
Lopez v. Olson, 724 S.E.2d 837 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
Lopez v. Olson, 724 S.E.2d 837 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 6× “Also under “Part 3” of the UCCJEA, OCGA § 19-9-86 further provides for granting relief and enforcing registered custody determinations as follows: (a) A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the laws of this state to enforce a registered child custody…”
Prabnarong v. Oudomhack, 780 S.E.2d 393 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 2× “2 See OCGA § 19-9-86 (b) (“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”).”
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