Georgia § 19-9-24 - Actions by physical or legal custodian not permitted in certain instances.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 19-9-24 — Actions by physical or legal custodian not permitted in certain instances., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-9-24. Actions by physical or legal custodian not permitted in certain instances.
A physical custodian shall not be allowed to maintain against the legal custodian any action for divorce, alimony, child custody, change of alimony, change of child custody, or change of visitation rights or any application for contempt of court so long as custody of the child is withheld from the legal custodian in violation of the custody order. A legal custodian shall not be allowed to maintain any action for divorce, alimony, child custody, change of alimony, change of child custody, or change of visitation rights or any application for contempt of court so long as visitation rights are withheld in violation of the custody order. (Ga. L. 1978, p. 1957, § 5.)
Source: official Georgia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-9-24 ("Actions by physical or legal custodian not permitted in certain instances.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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