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title: O.C.G.A. § 29-4-98. Submission to jurisdiction; registration of guardianship order.
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# O.C.G.A. § 29-4-98. Submission to jurisdiction; registration of guardianship order.

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

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

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

(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.

## 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).