{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-113","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-11-113","heading":"Limitation on jurisdiction of Georgia tribunal if action filed in another state or foreign country.","body":"(a) A tribunal in Georgia may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:\n(1) The petition or comparable pleading in Georgia is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;\n(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and\n(3) If relevant, Georgia is the home state of the child.\n(b) A tribunal in Georgia may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:\n(1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in Georgia for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by Georgia;\n(2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in Georgia; and\n(3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support","Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","PART 2 Jurisdiction; Cooperation Between States"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.19.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"06f25a635be8b6713261fcfd2ec6e5c2d2e89838ba4f0e1fb592126cf9bafc20","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-112","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}