Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 19-6-28. Enforcement of Orders; Contempt; Service of Rule Nisi by Mail; Rule Nisi Form

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) Civil action ) File no. ) ) Defendant )
RULE NISI NOTICE ANDACKNOWLEDGMENT To: (insert the name and address of the person to be served) The enclosed motion and rule nisi are served pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated . Section 19-6-28 You must complete the acknowledgment part of this form and mail one copy of the completed form to the sender within ten days of the date of mailing to you, which date is set out below. You must sign and date the acknowledgment. If you are served on behalf of another person and you are authorized to receive process, you must indicate under your signature your authority. If you do not complete and return this form to the sender within ten days, you or the party on whose behalf you are being served will be required to pay any expenses incurred in serving a summons and complaint in any other manner permitted by law unless good and sufficient cause is shown to the contrary. If you do complete and mail this form, you or the party on whose behalf you are being served must appear and show cause why you should not be attached for contempt at the time required by the enclosed rule nisi. I declare, under penalty of perjury, that this Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt will have been mailed on the date set out below. Signature Date of mailing ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPTOF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT I declare, under penalty of perjury, that I received a copy of the motion and of the rule nisi in the above-captioned manner at (insert address). Signature Printed name of signer Authority to receiveservice of process Date of mailing
History. Code 1981, § 19-6-28 , enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 785, § 3; Ga. L. 1987, p. 186, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 8; Ga. L. 1999, p. 633, § 1.
Editor’s notes.
As enacted, Ga. L. 1987, p. 186, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that the amendment of this Code section by that Act would apply to process served on or after July 1, 1987, in both pending and new proceedings. However, Ga. L. 1987, p. 1114, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, rewrote Ga. L. 1987, p. 186, § 5, to delete the reference to the applicability of the amendment to this Code section by the latter Act.
Law reviews.
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
For note on 1999 amendment of this Code section, see 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 113 (1999).

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