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2018 Georgia Code 19-11-138 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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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

19-11-138. Disbursement of funds; redirecting payments.

  1. A support enforcement agency or tribunal in Georgia shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.
  2. If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of Georgia or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall:
    1. Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
    2. Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.
  3. The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) of this Code section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.

(Code 1981, §19-11-138, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)

PART 4 E STABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER

19-11-140. Authority of tribunal upon failure to issue support order; temporary child support order.

  1. If a support order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
    1. The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
    2. The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
  2. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
    1. A presumed father of the child;
    2. Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
    3. Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
    4. An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
    5. Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
    6. An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law or the law of a foreign country;
    7. The mother of the child; or
    8. An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
  3. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Code Section 19-11-124.

(Code 1981, §19-11-140, 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, § 1180 et seq.

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