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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-9-102. Application.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-9-102. Application.

A motion or other request for relief made in a child custody proceeding or to enforce a child custody determination which was commenced before July 1, 2001, is governed by the law in effect at the time the motion or other request was made.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-9-102, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2001, “July 1, 2001,” was substituted for “the effective date of this article”.