Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 2. UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT

19-11-60. Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state.

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When a court of this state, acting as a responding state, receives from the court of an initiating state the copies specified in Code Section 19-11-55, it shall:
(1)
Docket the cause;#
(2)
Notify the district attorney;#
(3)
Set a time and place for a hearing; and#
(4)
Take such action as is necessary in accordance with the laws of this state to obtain jurisdiction.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 16.

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