2020 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings
Article 3 - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
Part 4 - Construction
§ 19-9-102. Application

Universal Citation: GA Code § 19-9-102 (2020)

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.

(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".

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Applicability.

- O.C.G.A. § 19-9-102 applies only to motions and requests made before the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-9-40 et seq., was enacted. Devito v. Devito, 280 Ga. 367, 628 S.E.2d 108 (2006).

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