O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 29-3-111 (2019)

Requirements of petition to transfer conservatorship

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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.
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The petition to transfer a conservatorship to a foreign jurisdiction shall include the following:

(1) The name and address of the foreign court to which the conservatorship shall be transferred and an authenticated copy of the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign conservatorship if previously filed in the foreign court;

(2) A listing of any other conservatorship petitions that are pending in any jurisdiction and the names and addresses of the courts where the petitions have been filed;

(3) The petitioner’s name, address, and county of domicile;

(4) The name, age, and current address of the minor and the new or proposed address of the minor;

(5) The names and current addresses of the adult siblings of the minor, if any;

(6) The name and address of the person responsible for the care and custody of the minor, if other than the petitioner, and of any other conservator currently serving;

(7) The name and address of the minor’s guardian, if any;

(8) The name and address of the surety on the conservator’s bond;

(9) The name and address of any legal representative, other than the petitioner, including any legal counsel, guardian ad litem, or court visitor appointed by the foreign court for the minor;

(10) The reason for moving the minor; and

(11) The reason the transfer of the conservatorship is in the minor’s best interest.

History

(Code 1981, § 29-3-111, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1.)