O.C.G.A. § 19-11-103 (2019)
Nature of remedies
(a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This article does not:
(1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of Georgia; or
(2) Grant a tribunal of Georgia jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this article.
History
Code 1981, § 19-11-103, enacted by Ga.
L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Applicability. - Procedures set forth in the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq., and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq., for registering and enforcing foreign support judgments are in addition to and not exclusive of the procedures in the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law,
O.C.G.A. § 9-12-130 et seq., to file and domesticate judgments for enforcement; therefore, a trial court had jurisdiction to consider a mother’s petition seeking interest due on child support owing on a Tennessee divorce decree. Dial v. Adkins, 265 Ga. App. 650, 595 S.E.2d 332, 2004 Ga. App. LEXIS 212 (2004).