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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

19-9-95. Actions by district attorney.

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

  1. (a)

    In a case arising under this article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the district attorney may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this part or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is:#

    1. (1)

      An existing child custody determination;#

    2. (2)

      A request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;#

    3. (3)

      A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or#

    4. (4)

      A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.#

  2. (b)

    A district attorney acting under this Code section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.#

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, § 19-9-95, 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 1071; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.