{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-13-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-13-2","heading":"Jurisdiction of superior court.","body":"(a) Except for proceedings involving a nonresident respondent, the superior court of the county where the respondent resides shall have jurisdiction over all proceedings under this article.\n(b) For proceedings under this article involving a nonresident respondent, the superior court where the petitioner resides or the superior court where an act involving family violence allegedly occurred shall have jurisdiction, where the act involving family violence meets the elements for personal jurisdiction provided for under paragraph (2) or (3) of Code Section 9-10-91.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 13 Family Violence","Article 1 Granting of Relief by Superior Courts"],"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":"a8ab5fcf9c78fddbee3a8c1cc9966a903e1696c720fa47d878d4af2a5d26ff35","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-13-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-13-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}