O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-115 (2019)

Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal

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(a) A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article; or

(2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal in Georgia having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

History

Code 1981, § 19-11-115, enacted by Ga.

L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.