GA 19-9-92 - GA 19-9-92

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Only applicable to prevailing party in enforcement proceeding. - Costs and attorney fees are allowable under O.C.G.A. § 19-9-92 only to the prevailing party in an enforcement proceeding, not to a party prevailing on the issue of jurisdiction. Delgado v. Combs, 314 Ga. App. 419 , 724 S.E.2d 436 (2012), cert. denied, No. S12C1106, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 602 (Ga. 2012). Parent entitled to fees and costs for enforcement of foreign child custody decree. - Georgia trial court's award of attorney's fees and costs to a parent for enforcing an Indiana child custody decree was authorized under O.C.G.A. §§ 19-9-90 and 19-9-92 , although the Indiana order had not been registered; the parent's petition was brought primarily under O.C.G.A. §§ 19-9-83 and 19-9-88 to enforce the visitation prov...