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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 29-5-138: Submission to jurisdiction personally of foreign conservator; registration of conservatorship.

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  1. TITLE 29 Guardian and Ward
  2. CHAPTER 5 Conservators of Adults
  3. Article 13 Foreign Conservators
  4. PART 4 Foreign Conservatorships

(a) A foreign conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the conservatorship by:

(1) Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the ward;

(2) Doing any act as a conservator in this state that would have given this state jurisdiction over the actor as an individual; or

(3) Registering the conservatorship order in this state pursuant to Code Section 29-11-31.

(b) With respect to a conservatorship order from another state that has been registered with and recorded by a court of this state under Code Section 29-11-31, in addition to any action such court of this state may take under this part or under subsection (b) of Code Section 29-11-32, such court of this state may communicate with the appointing court in such other state under subsection (a) of Code Section 29-11-4 to inform such appointing court of any proceeding relating to the conservatorship initiated in this state under subsection (a) of this Code section, stating the reasons therefor.

Collected 2026-09-17T19:34:57Z. Source file · JSON

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