Modificación de la visita de un hijo menor en Georgia

Explicación Simple

Si un papá o mamá que no vive con su hijo quiere cambiar el tiempo que pasa con él, debe hacerlo en el lugar donde vive el papá o mamá que sí tiene la custodia. Esto es para garantizar que las decisiones sobre el niño se tomen en el lugar correcto.

Es como si quisieras cambiar las reglas de un juego de mesa; tendrías que hablar con el jugador que tiene las cartas, no con los demás que están en diferentes lugares.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Carlos vive en Atlanta y tiene un hijo con Ana, quien vive en Savannah. Si Carlos quiere cambiar el horario de visitas, debe presentar su solicitud en Savannah, donde vive Ana, no en Atlanta donde él reside.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Plain meaning of O.C.G.A. § 19-9-23(a) is that an action by the noncustodial parent to modify visitation with a minor child must be brought in the county of residence of the custodial parent. Bennett v. Wood, 188 Ga. App. 630 , 373 S.E.2d 645 (1988); Rogers v. Baudet, 215 Ga. App. 214 , 449 S.E.2d 900 (1994). Custody can only be relitigated where legal custodian resides. - Georgia courts will refuse to provide forum for relitigating custody except where legal custodian resides. Yearta v. Scroggins, 245 Ga. 831 , 268 S.E.2d 151 (1980). As a matter of public policy, Georgia courts refuse to provide forum in Georgia for relitigating custody when noncustodial parent resident in Georgia has improperly removed child from physical custody of custodial parent who resides in another state. Etzion v. Evans, 247 Ga. 390 , 276 S.E.2d 577 (1981). Trial court erred by granting a parent's complaint for modification of child custody and support and changing custody, which was filed in that parent's county of residence, as that county was not the jurisdiction wherein the issue of custody and support was originally litigated and the opposing parent never waived the challenge to the jurisdiction of the trial court via a pro se letter, which merely acknowledged receipt of the complaint; as a result, the judgment granting the change of custody was reversed and the case was remanded to the trial court with directions for the trial court to transfer the case to the trial court of