Duty of Court of This State When Acting as Responding State

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When a court of this state, acting as a responding state, receives from the court of an initiating state the copies specified in Code Section 19-11-55, it shall:

  1. Docket the cause;
  2. Notify the district attorney;
  3. Set a time and place for a hearing; and
  4. Take such action as is necessary in accordance with the laws of this state to obtain jurisdiction.

(Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 16.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 78.

C.J.S.

- 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 175, 203.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 18.


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