Title 29

(a) The court may grant a petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign conservatorship provided the court finds that: (1) The conservator is presently in good standing with the foreign court; and (2) The transfer of the conservatorship from the foreign jurisdiction is in the …

(a) A conservator may petition the Georgia court which has jurisdiction over the conservatorship to transfer the conservatorship to a foreign court of competent jurisdiction if the minor has moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction. (b) The minor may be presumed to have move…

The petition to transfer a conservatorship to a foreign jurisdiction shall include the following: (1) The name and address of the foreign court to which the conservatorship shall be transferred and an authenticated copy of the petition for receipt and acceptance of a foreign cons…

(a) Notice and a copy of the petition to transfer a conservatorship to a foreign jurisdiction shall be served personally on the minor not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing. The notice shall state: (1) The date that the hearing shall be held; and (2) That th…

Upon the court’s own motion or upon timely motion by the minor or by any interested person, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the petition to transfer the conservatorship. (Code 1981, § 29-3-113, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 60, § 29/HB 95.)

(a) The court may grant a petition to transfer a conservatorship to a foreign court of competent jurisdiction if the court finds that: (1) The conservator is presently in good standing with the court; and (2) The transfer of the conservatorship to the foreign jurisdiction is in t…

(a) For purposes of this part, a ‘‘foreign conservator’’ is a conservator or other person who has been given responsibility by a court of competent jurisdiction in another state or territory governed by the Constitution of the United States for the care of the property of a minor…

A foreign conservator may institute an action in any court in this state to enforce any right or to recover any property belonging to the minor or accruing to the foreign conservator in his or her capacity as conservator. (Code 1981, § 29-3-116, enacted by Ga. L. 2004, p. 161, § …

Pending an action brought by a foreign conservator pursuant to Code Section 29-3-116, an authenticated copy of the letters of conservatorship shall be filed with the clerk of the court to become a part of the record if the case is pending in a court of record, or filed with the p…

A foreign conservator submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the conservatorship by: (1) Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property in this state belonging to the minor; or (2) Doing any act as a co…

Any resident of this state who is interested as a creditor, heir, or will beneficiary of a minor whom a foreign conservator represents may apply to the proper court to compel the foreign conservator to protect his or her interest according to equity and good conscience before sel…

(a) A person who is indebted to or has possession of tangible or intangible property of a minor may pay the debt or deliver the property to a foreign conservator of the minor. Payment of the debt or delivery of the property may be made upon proof that the foreign conservator has …

Obligations of conservator; liability of conservator. Power of conservator; cooperation with guardian of minor. Rights of conservator to property; disclosure of conflicts of interest. Oath of conservator. Article 3 Property Obligations of Conservator 29-3-30. plan for managing, e…

Requirements of bond; term and value of bond; substantial compliance sufficient. Reduction of bond. Requirement of additional bond; notice in event of sureties deficiencies; revocation of letters of conservatorship. Payment of bond premium. Responsibility of surety in event appoi…