TITLE 29 GUARDIAN AND WARD

Section 3. Conservators of Minors, 29-3-1 through 29-3-120.

ARTICLE 10 FOREIGN CONSERVATORSHIPS

29-3-110. Transfer of jurisdiction in event minor has permanently moved; determining minor's residential status; filings.

1. A conservator may petition the Georgia court which has jurisdiction over the conservatorship to transfer the conservatorship to a foreign court of competent jurisdiction if the minor has moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction.
2. The minor may be presumed to have moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction if:
   1. The minor has resided in the foreign jurisdiction for more than 12 consecutive months;
   2. The conservator notifies the court that the minor will move or has moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction; or
   3. A foreign court of competent jurisdiction notifies the court of the filing of a petition for conservatorship for the minor in the foreign jurisdiction.
3. To facilitate the transfer of conservatorship the court may order the conservator to file a petition for receipt and acceptance of the conservatorship in the foreign jurisdiction.
4. If the foreign jurisdiction does not have a procedure for receiving and accepting a foreign conservatorship, the court may order the conservator to file a petition for conservatorship in the foreign jurisdiction.

(Code 1981, §29-3-110, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)