GA 19-9-83 - GA 19-9-83

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Registration of foreign decree not required for enforcement. - Indiana father was not entitled to mandatory notice of registration of an Indiana child custody decree under O.C.G.A. § 19-9-85 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-9-40 et seq., before enforcement of the decree in Georgia because the enforcement remedies were cumulative, O.C.G.A. § 19-9-83 (b), and the parent sought enforcement under § 19-9-83 and O.C.G.A. § 19-9-88 . Ward v. Smith, 334 Ga. App. 876 , 780 S.E.2d 702 (2015). Georgia court could use contempt to enforce foreign child custody decree. - Georgia trial court's September 11 order requiring an Indiana father to return the child to his mother in Georgia was in effect before the Indiana court surrendered jurisdic...