2022 Georgia Code
Title 9 - Civil Practice
Chapter 11 - Civil Practice Act
Article 10 - Forms
§ 9-11-133. Forms Meeting Requirements for Civil Case Filing and Disposition Information
The Judicial Council of Georgia, with the approval of the Supreme Court, shall promulgate forms to be used for civil case filing and disposition information; provided, however, that the general civil case filing information form and domestic relations case filing information form shall be required to contain an acknowledgment by the filer that the complaint and any exhibits or other attachments satisfy the redaction requirements of Code Section 9-11-7.1.
History. Code 1981, § 9-11-133 , enacted by Ga. L. 2000, p. 850, § 3; Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 4/HB 369; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 9/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2013, p. 141, § 9/HB 79; Ga. L. 2014, p. 482, § 3/SB 386; Ga. L. 2017, p. 632, § 1-1/SB 132.
The 2013 amendment, effective April 24, 2013, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in subsections (b) and (c).
The 2014 amendment, effective July 1, 2014, in the first sentence of subsection (a), substituted “shall be sufficient” for “are sufficient” and added a proviso at the end. See Editor’s note for applicability.
The 2017 amendment, effective January 1, 2018, rewrote subsection (a) and deleted subsections (b), (c), and (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2000, p. 850, § 10, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the enactment of this Code section is applicable to civil actions commenced in superior or state court on or after July 1, 2000.
Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 1/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “The General Assembly of Georgia declares that it is the policy of this state to assure that minor children have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interests of their children and to encourage parents to share in the rights and responsibilities of rearing their children after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage or relationship.”
Ga. L. 2007, p. 554, § 8/HB 369, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 2007 amendment shall apply to all child custody proceedings and modifications of child custody filed on or after January 1, 2008.
Ga. L. 2014, p. 482, § 10/SB 386, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall apply to any filings made on or after July 1, 2014.
