Title 19 — Domestic Relations

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Commission” means the State Commission on Family Violence. (2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of community supervision. (3) “Department” means the Department of Community Supervision. (4) “Family or household members” means past or p…

Definitions, §19-13-10. Department of corrections programs, §§19-13-15, 19-13-16. Establishment of certification requirements, §19-13-14. List of certified programs, §19-13-14. Program administration, §19-13-13. Rulemaking authority, §19-13-13. Standard and requirements, establishme…

(a) A program certified pursuant to this article shall be administered by the department. The department is authorized to promulgate, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations necessary to carry out this article, including, but not limited to, prescribing the form of applications, …

The department and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles may operate family violence intervention programs which meet the requirements of the department. The courts and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles may accept such programs in lieu of certified family violence interventi…

(a) A court, in addition to imposing any penalty provided by law, when sentencing a defendant or revoking a defendant’s probation for an offense involving family violence, or when imposing a protective order against family violence, shall order the defendant to participate in a f…

As an alternative to criminal or other civil enforcement, the commissioner or his or her designee, in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, or regulations promulgated pursuant to this article, may issue an administrative fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violatio…

Expedited order of adoption. Petition for expedited order of adoption or parentage, §19-8-42. Paternity, §19-7-40. Personal jurisdiction. Uniform interstate family support act. Exercising personal jurisdiction over nonresident, §§19-11-110, 19-11-111. Participation by petitioner …

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Council” means the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. (2) “Family or household members” means spouses, parents and children, or other persons related by consanguinity or affinity and occupying a common domicile. (3) “Family violence” me…

(a) It shall be the duty of the council: (1) To establish minimum standards for an approved family violence shelter to enable such shelter to receive state funds; (2) To receive applications for the development and establishment of family violence shelters; (3) To approve or reje…

Marriage license. Proof of age requirement, §19-3-36. BASTARDS. Legitimacy generally, §§19-7-20 to 19-7-27. Paternity determination, §§19-7-40 to 19-7-54. BONA FIDE PURCHASERS.

General provisions, §§19-7-20 to 19-7-27. Paternity determination, §§19-7-40 to 19-7-54. Power of attorney delegating caregiving authority regarding a child, §§19-9-120 to 19-9-134. Support and maintenance. Child support. Recovery act, §§19-11-1 to 19-11-39. Uniform reciprocal en…

Contents, §19-13-4. Enforcement, §19-13-4. Expiration, §19-13-4. Issuing copy of order to sheriff, §19-13-4. Mutual orders, authority to issue and approve, §19-13-4. Security checks by local law enforcement, §19-13-4.1. Remedies not exclusive. Supplemental nature of remedies, §19…

(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that violence in Georgia homes among family members accounts for many serious injuries, deaths, and extensive physical and emotional damage to children and adults. Family violence knows no economic or social barriers. The costs of family…

(a) The State Commission on Family Violence shall consist of 37 members: (1) Three ex officio members shall be the director of the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Services, the director of Women’s Health Services in the Department of Public Hea…

(a) The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once every calendar quarter. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the members of the commission. The commission shall meet at such times and at such designated places in the state as it may dete…

(a) The commission shall have the following duties: (1) To study and evaluate the needs, priorities, programs, policies, and accessibility of services relating to family violence throughout this state; (2) To evaluate and monitor the adequacy and effectiveness of existing family …

Statewide applicability, §19-13-4. Temporary order, §19-13-4. Temporary relief ex parte, §19-13-3. Violations, punishment, §19-13-6. Foreign protective orders. Filing in courts of state, transmittal to registry, §19-13-54. Protective order registry, §§19-13-50 to 19-13-56. PSYCHO…

Victims. Name changes for family violence victims, §19-12-1. Visitation by parent who has committed acts of family violence, §19-9-7. FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTERS, §§19-13-20 to 19-13-23. FEES. Change of name. Clerk’s fees, §19-12-1. Child custody proceeding. Uniform child custody ju…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Protective Order Registry Act.” History. Code 1981, § 19-13-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 101, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1349, § 1/HB 452. 19-13-51. Definitions.

As used in this article, the term: (1) “Court” means judges in the classes of courts identified in Title 15 and any other person while acting as such a judge pursuant to designation as otherwise authorized by law. (2) “Foreign court” means a court of competent jurisdiction in any …

Children. Failure to provide for necessaries of child. Parental power lost, §19-7-1. Third party provision of necessaries. Child support ordered in divorce action, pending final divorce. Liability of payor to third party, §19-6-14. Parental liability to third party, §19-6-13. NEGL…

Foreign protective orders, §19-13-54. Form to be standardized, §19-13-53. Immunity of law enforcement officers, court officials or registry officials, §19-13-56. Linked to and transmittal of orders to national crime information center network, §19-13-52. Maintained by crime infor…

(a) A petitioner who obtains a foreign protective order may file that order by filing a certified copy of the foreign protective order with any clerk of court of the superior court in this state. (b) Filing shall be without fee or cost. (c) The clerk of court shall provide the petit…

Any individual, agency, or court which obtains information from the registry shall keep such information or parts thereof confidential, and shall not disseminate or disclose such information, or parts thereof, except as authorized in this article or otherwise by law. Violation of …

(a) The state and any local or state law enforcement officer, court official, or official of the registry shall be held harmless for any delay or failure to file a protective order or modification thereof, to transmit information contained in a protective order or modification there…

A violation of an order issued pursuant to this article may be punished by an action for contempt or criminally punished as provided in Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16. History. Code 1981, § 19-13-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 905, § 1; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, …