O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 19-9-87 (2019)
Communication between enforcing court and modifying court
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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If a proceeding for enforcement under this part is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under Part 2 of this article, the enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The proceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court, after consultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.
History
Code 1981, § 19-9-87, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Ward v. Smith, 780 S.E.2d 702 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015).
Ward v. Smith, 780 S.E.2d 702 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). “OCGA § 19-9-87. *882 Thus, contrary to Ward’s assertion, under the UCCJEA, an order for the enforcement of a visitation agreement in a foreign custody determination is not void because of the originating court’s continued jurisdiction.”
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