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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 9. CHILD CUSTODY PROCEEDINGS · Article 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT · Part 3. JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN DECREES

19-9-92. Awarding of necessary and reasonable expenses.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs, communication expenses, attorney’s fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses, and child care during the course of the proceedings, unless the party from whom fees or expenses are sought establishes that the award would be clearly inappropriate.#

  2. (b)

    The court may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against a state unless authorized by law other than this article.#

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

Code 1981, § 19-9-92, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 129, § 1.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, page 1069; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.