Section 29-3-110 - Transfer of jurisdiction in event minor has permanently moved; determining minor's residential status; filings

(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 moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction if: (1) The minor has resided in the foreign jurisdiction for more than 12 consecutive months;(2) The conservator notifies the court that the minor will move or has moved permanently to the foreign jurisdiction; or(3) A foreign court of competent jurisdiction notifies the court of the filing of a petition for conservatorship for the minor in the foreign jurisdiction.(c) To facilitate the transfer of conservatorship the court may order the conservator to file a petition for receipt and acceptance of the conservatorship in the foreign jurisdiction.(d) If the foreign jurisdiction does not have a procedure for receiving and accepting a foreign conservatorship, the court may order the conservator to file a petition for conservatorship in the foreign jurisdiction.Added by 2004 Ga. Laws 460, § 1, eff. 7/1/2005.