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
19-11-119.1. Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order.
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A tribunal of Georgia issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of Georgia has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
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A tribunal of Georgia may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
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A tribunal of Georgia that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
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An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
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A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
(Code 1981, §19-11-119.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
19-11-120. Application of part; initiation of a proceeding.
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.
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An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
(Code 1981, §19-11-120, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 27C C.J.S., Divorce,
§
1137 et seq.
