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2018 Georgia Code 19-11-11 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-11-11 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-11-11

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support, 19-11-1 through 19-11-191.

ARTICLE 1 CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT

19-11-11. Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance.

The department may examine any books, papers, or memoranda bearing upon the determination of the ability to support and for this purpose may, by means of subpoenas issued by its commissioner or his duly authorized representative, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant documents. Subpoenas of witnesses shall be served in the same manner as if issued by a superior court. If any person fails to obey a subpoena issued and served under this Code section with respect to any matter germane to the department's investigation, on application of the department, through the commissioner of human services or his duly authorized representative, the superior court of the county in which the person was required to appear may issue an order requiring the person to comply with the subpoena and to testify and to produce the relevant documents.

(Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 10; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1537, § 9; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Compelling disclosure of employment information.

- Office of child support recovery must obtain an administrative subpoena or use the discovery provisions of the Civil Practice Act, O.C.G.A. Ch. 11, T. 9, in order to examine documents in the possession of employers when the employer will not voluntarily release the information. 1984 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U84-33.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 19-11-11

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Georgia Dep't of Human Resources v. Pernice, 399 S.E.2d 65 (Ga. 1991).

Cited 7 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 9, 1991 | 260 Ga. 732

...mandatory. *733 In 1988 appellee and his wife were divorced. The final decree required appellee to pay his wife $100 per week in child support. Appellee failed to pay any support, and in 1989 the DHR, pursuant to the Child Support Recovery Act, OCGA § 19-11-11 to § 19-11-26, filed a motion for contempt against appellee and, in addition, requested that the court enter an income-deduction order pursuant to § 19-6-32 (a) (1)....