Georgia Child Custody Guidelines – Macon GA Divorce Lawyer
Jurisdiction.
In order for a court to decide custody of your children, whether by agreement
of the spouses or by decision of the court, that court must have jurisdiction.
Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-9-64, a court of the state of
Georgia has jurisdiction to make an initial child custody determination only if:
(1) Georgia is the home state of the child on the date of the commencement
of the proceeding, or was the home state of the child within six months
before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from the
state of Georgia but a parent or person acting as a parent continues to live in
the state of Georgia; ['Home state' means the state in which a child lived with
a parent or a person acting as a parent for at least six consecutive months
immediately before the commencement of a child custody proceeding. In the
case of a child less than six months of age, the term means the state in
which the child lived from birth with any of the persons mentioned. A period
of temporary absence of any of the mentioned persons is part of the period.]
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