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O.C.G.A. § 19-13-2

Jurisdiction of superior court

Known as the Georgia’s Family Violence Intervention Program Certification Act

The act spans §§ 19-13-1 to 19-13-6 (31 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Shah v. Shah (2005)

Most recently applied in Katlyn Bacigalupo v. Daniel Bacigalupo (September 2022)

Ga

(a) Except for proceedings involving a nonresident respondent, the superior court of the county where the respondent resides shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings under this article.

(b) For proceedings under this article involving a nonresident respondent, the superior court where the petitioner resides or the superior court where an act involving family violence allegedly occurred shall have jurisdiction, where the act involving family violence meets the elements for personal jurisdiction provided for under paragraph (2)

or (3) of Code Section 9-10-91.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.