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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 29 - GUARDIAN AND WARD

CHAPTER 4 - GUARDIANS OF ADULTS
ARTICLE 9 - JURISDICTION
PART 2 - PROCEDURE
§ 29-4-87 - Hearing; stay pending challenge

O.C.G.A. 29-4-87 (2010)
29-4-87. Hearing; stay pending challenge


(a) On the court's own motion or upon timely motion by the ward or by any interested person, the court shall hold a hearing to consider the petition for receipt and acceptance of the foreign guardian.

(b) If any interested person challenges the validity of the foreign guardianship or the authority of the foreign court to appoint the guardian, the court may stay its proceeding while the petitioner is afforded the opportunity to have the foreign court hear the challenge and determine its merits.