{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-63","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-9-63","heading":"Prerequisites for modifying custody determination from foreign court.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-9-64, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section 19-9-61 and:\n(1) The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under Code Section 19-9-62 or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under Code Section 19-9-67; or\n(2) A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that neither the child nor the child’s parents or any person acting as a parent presently resides in the other state.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 9 Child Custody Proceedings","Article 3 Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act","PART 2 Jurisdiction"],"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 2026-10-18","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T18:57:37Z","sha256":"d18590482f61036945e8a16560a5ea4cc57592af9196dc4b59b704bc02299d47","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-62","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-64","notices":[{"id":"pro-ga","title":"Georgia bulk release","text":"Georgia bulk files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules retains enacted text and strips editorial matter.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ga.ocga.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}