{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-95","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-9-95","heading":"Actions by district attorney.","body":"(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:\n(1) An existing child custody determination;\n(2) A request to do so from a court in a pending child custody proceeding;\n(3) A reasonable belief that a criminal statute has been violated; or\n(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.\n(b) A district attorney acting under this Code section acts on behalf of the court and may not represent any party.","path":["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"],"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":"0d584e30f4ed84f7b092cd89ea019b4301d5e24c5354913094c1eda7e8b6dcd6","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-94","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-9-96"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}