2025 Code of Georgia
Title 19 - Domestic Relations (Chs. 1 — 15)
Chapter 9 - Child Custody Proceedings (Arts. 1 — 4)
Article 2 - Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act (§§ 19-9-20 — 19-9-24)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Editor’s notes.For additional cases dealing with custody of children, see annotations under § 9-14-2, dealing with habeas corpus on account of detention of child, and under §§ 19-7-1 and 19-7-4, dealing with parental powers and loss of parental custody.
O. C. G. A. § 19-9-20 et seq. has as its general purpose the promotion of stability in the home environment and secure family relationships for the child of divorced parents, deterrence of abductions and other unilateral removals of children, and facilitation of the enforcement of custody decrees. O. C. G. A. § 19-9-24 employs a “clean hands” doctrine to ensure these ends. Stewart v. Stewart, 160 Ga. App. 463, 287 S. E.2d 378, 1981 Ga. App. LEXIS 3148 (1981).
Research References & Practice Aids
Law reviews.For survey article on domestic relations, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 113 (1982).
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 19
O. C. G. A. Title 19, Ch. 9
