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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-1-1. Injunctions and restraining orders authorized in domestic relations actions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-1-1. Injunctions and restraining orders authorized in domestic relations actions.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “domestic relations action” shall include any action for divorce, alimony, equitable division of assets and liabilities, child custody, child support, legitimation, annulment, determination of paternity, termination of parental rights in connection with an adoption proceeding filed in a superior court, any contempt proceeding relating to enforcement of a decree or order, a petition in respect to modification of a decree or order, an action on a foreign judgment based on alimony or child support, and adoption. The term “domestic relations action” shall also include any direct or collateral attack on a judgment or order entered in any such action.

(b) Upon the filing of any domestic relations action, the court may issue a standing order in such action which:

(1) Upon notice, binds the parties in such action, their agents, servants, and employees, and all other persons acting in concert with such parties;

(2) Enjoins and restrains the parties from unilaterally causing or permitting the minor child or children of the parties to be removed from the jurisdiction of the court without the permission of the court, except in an emergency which has been created by the other party to the action;

(3) Enjoins and restrains each party from doing or attempting to do or threatening to do any act which injures, maltreats, vilifies, molests, or harasses or which may, upon judicial determination, constitute threats, harassment, or stalking the adverse party or the child or children of the parties or any act which constitutes a violation of other civil or criminal laws of this state; and

(4) Enjoins and restrains each party from selling, encumbering, trading, contracting to sell, or otherwise disposing of or removing from the jurisdiction of the court, without the permission of the court, any of the property belonging to the parties except in the ordinary course of business or except in an emergency which has been created by the other party to the action.

(c) Upon written motion of a party, the standing order provided for in this Code section shall be reviewed by the court at any rule nisi hearing.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-1-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1161, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, Code Sections 19-1-2 through 19-1-6, which had been reserved and repealed by Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 19, effective March 14, 1991, were deleted. The former chapter, relating to child abuse consisted of Code Sections 19-1-1 through 19-1-6 and was based on Ga. L. 1987, p. 1065, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 474, § 1; and Ga. L. 1990, p. 1785, § 1.

## Editor's Notes

Former Code Section 19-1-1, repealed and reserved by Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 19, and redesignated as Code Section 19-15-1, effective March 14, 1991, was based on Ga. L. 1990, p. 1785, § 1.