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2018 Georgia Code 19-11-133 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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

19-11-133. Personal jurisdiction.

  1. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this article before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
  2. A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this article.
  3. The immunity granted by this Code section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this article committed by a party while physically present in Georgia to participate in the proceeding.

(Code 1981, §19-11-133, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Corporation lacked standing to dispute withholding under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

- Trial court did not err in dismissing a corporation's petition seeking income withholding for child support because even when taken as true the allegations in the petition established that the corporation lacked standing to contest the income withholding order under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq., specifically O.C.G.A. § 19-11-101(19). Anderson Anesthesia, Inc. v. Anderson, 333 Ga. App. 437, 776 S.E.2d 647 (2015).

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