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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 29. GUARDIAN AND WARD · Chapter 4. GUARDIANS OF ADULTS · Article 9. JURISDICTION · Part 4. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOREIGN GUARDIANS

29-4-98. Submission to jurisdiction; registration of guardianship order.

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

  1. (a)

    A foreign guardian submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the guardianship by:#

    1. (1)

      Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the ward;#

    2. (2)

      Doing any act as a guardian in this state that would have given this state jurisdiction over the actor as an individual; or#

    3. (3)

      Registering the guardianship order in this state pursuant to Code Section 29-11-30.#

  2. (b)

    With respect to a guardianship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by a court of this state under Code Section 29-11-30, in addition to any action such court of this state may take under this part or under subsection (b) of Code Section 29-11-32, such court of this state may communicate with the appointing court in such other state under subsection (a) of Code Section 29-11-4 to inform such appointing court of any proceeding relating to the guardianship initiated in this state under subsection (a) of this Code section, stating the reasons therefor.#

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, § 29-4-98, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 693, § 12/HB 70.

Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective January 1, 2020, designated the existing provisions of this Code section as subsection (a); deleted “or” at the end of paragraph (a)(1); substituted “; or” for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(2); added paragraph (a)(3); and added subsection (b).

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

Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, page 194; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b54071b79715.