TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 15. Child Support Receivers, 15-15-1 through 15-15-7.

ARTICLE 2 TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

15-15-4. Duties of child support receiver.

It shall be the duty of the child support receiver to:

1. Collect all child support payments and such other payments of support as are established by judicial order or by a written agreement of a parent or guardian to furnish support to his minor child, the terms of which specify that support payments are to be paid through the child support receiver;
2. Act as trustee for remittance to the person or other party entitled to receive payment for child support;
3. Maintain adequate books and records for all payments received and disbursed by the child support receiver in such a manner as to easily determine the type of action in which the payments were ordered, showing the amount of the obligation fixed by the court and the amount of payments credited to each account;
4. Notify within 15 days the person entitled to support of any account which is 30 days past due except:
   1. When a case has been designated as a public assistance case, the delinquent amount and a copy of the payment records of that account shall be promptly referred and forwarded to the district attorney's office or the state agency responsible for the enforcement of collection of such delinquent payments;
   2. In cases in which actions have been filed under Article 2 or Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the district attorney and forward a copy of the payment records and the amount of arrears to the district attorney;
   3. In cases in which a court has ordered that child support payments be paid through the child support receiver as a condition of probation or a suspended sentence, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the probation office of such court and shall forward a copy of the payment records and the amount of arrears to the prosecuting attorney; or
   4. In cases which are based upon a written agreement in which a person has agreed to provide support of a minor child, the child support receiver shall promptly notify the party designated in the agreement;
5. Prepare an annual budget for the Office of the Receiver of Child Support and, after the budget has been approved by the judge or judges of the county or circuit, submit the same to the county or counties affected for their approval; the budget shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed by the county governing authorities; and
6. File a complete financial report of all payments received and all payments disbursed under Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 19 by the Office of the Receiver of Child Support with the county department of family and children services. The report shall include the names and addresses of all payors and all payees as well as the amounts paid. The report shall be made on a quarterly basis.

(Code 1933, § 24-2702a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 3.)