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and our Section hosted a joint meeting with their Section to discuss this legislation on October5 th . Three members of our Section attended the September 11 th ACL meeting to support thelegislation that we had proposed and, on November 25 th , three members also appeared at theACL meeting in support of this legislation.b. Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act: In the summer of2012, John Camp, Chair of the Military and Veterans Law Section approached our Section forour input and comments regarding the UDPCVA. This proposed legislation was distributed tomembers of our Section’s Military and Federal Employees Committee for their input, commentand vote. Their input and vote was then given to our Section’s Executive Committee forappropriate action. Our Section worked with the Military and Veterans Law Section tocoordinate a meeting at the State Bar on October 3rd between our Section’s LegislativeCommittee, members of Georgia Legal Aid, members of the Military and Veterans Law Section,members of the Child Advocacy and Protection Section, and all other interested parties. Throughthe work done at this meeting, an agreement was reached as to the proposed legislation for theUDPCVA which was presented to the ACL meeting on September 11 th and again on November25 th . Our Section had three members at each of these ACL meetings to voice our support and toanswer any questions on UDPCVA. Finally, these same three Section members were inattendance at the Board of Governors meeting on January 12 th to voice our support of this newlegislation. There were multiple emails and many phone calls back and forth with John Campand others across our country that had helped draft this particular piece of legislation. OurSection felt that, since Georgia has such a strong military presence, this was very importantlegislation to pass and that our State needed to be at the forefront of this effort.c. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act: Our Section proposed newlegislation to modify our existing Uniform Interstate Family Support Act so as to bring it up todate with the latest changes. Again, this proposed legislation was presented by three of ourSection members at the ACL meeting on November 25 th where it passed unanimously, and thesame three Section members were in attendance at the Board of Governors meeting on January12 th to support this legislation. This legislation was passed by the Georgia Legislature in its mostrecent session and will take effect July 1 st .218