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O.C.G.A. § 19-9-95: Actions by district attorney.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 19 Domestic Relations
- CHAPTER 9 Child Custody Proceedings
- Article 3 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- PART 3 Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Foreign Decrees
(a) In a case arising under this article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the district attorney may take any lawful action, including resort to a proceeding under this part or any other available civil proceeding to locate a child, obtain the return of a child, or enforce a child custody determination if there is:
(1) An existing child custody determination;
(2) A request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;
(3) A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or
(4) A reasonable belief that the child has been wrongfully removed or retained in violation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
(b) A district attorney acting under this Code section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.
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