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2018 Georgia Code 19-11-112 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 19-11-112 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 19-11-112

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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

ARTICLE 3 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

19-11-112. Authority of tribunal.

Under this article, a tribunal in Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.

(Code 1981, §19-11-112, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Baars v. Freeman, 288 Ga. 835, 708 S.E.2d 273 (2011).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 19-11-112

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BAARS v. Freeman, 708 S.E.2d 273 (Ga. 2011).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 18, 2011 | 288 Ga. 835, 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 746

...ders through contempt proceedings"). Under UIFSA, Baars was entitled to enlist the assistance of DHR, as an "initiating tribunal," to commence proceedings in the United Kingdom to enforce Freeman's child support obligations. See OCGA §§ 19-11-102, 19-11-112, 19-11-123....
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Ross v. Ross, 302 Ga. 39 (Ga. 2017).

Cited 3 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Sep 13, 2017 | 805 S.E.2d 7

...28 USC § 1738Bor OCGA § 19-6-26 in the briefing to this Court or, apparently, to the trial court below. The UIFSA does provide that a Georgia tribunal may act as an “initiating tribunal” to forward proceedings to a foreign tribunal. See OCGA § 19-11-112....