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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-60. Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-60. Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state.

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.

## History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 16.