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O.C.G.A. § 19-11-14 (2019)

Father’s liability for support of child born out of wedlock; full faith and credit to paternity determination by another state

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) Whenever a man has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative tribunal as the father of a child born out of wedlock or whenever he has acknowledged paternity under oath in an administrative hearing, in court, or by verified writing, he shall be legally liable for the support of the child in the same manner as he would owe the duty of support if the child were his child born in wedlock. The right of the child born out of wedlock to receive such support is enforceable in a civil action, notwithstanding any other provision of law. (b) For the purposes of this chapter only, the courts of this state shall give full faith and credit to a determination of paternity made by another state whether established through voluntary acknowledgment or through administrative or judicial processes.

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 17; Ga. L. 1976, p. 1537, § 15; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1816, § 1; Ga.

L. 1994, p. 1270, § 6; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 19.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Effect of conviction of abandonment on subsequent paternity suit. - Adjudication of paternity by conviction of abandonment is conclusive in subsequent civil proceeding for child support. Cummings v. Carter, 155 Ga. App. 688, 272 S.E.2d 552, 1980 Ga. App. LEXIS 2741 (1980). Liability for period prior to paternity adjudication. - Trial court erred in refusing to award back support to the

mother of a child for those periods prior to an adjudication of paternity when she had been supporting the child without the benefit of public assistance payments. Weaver v. Chester, 195 Ga. App. 471, 393 S.E.2d 715, 1990 Ga. App. LEXIS 568 (1990). Support unavailable for non-acknowledged paternity. - Temporary child support was improperly ordered absent a finding of paternity as revealed by a

document, which though containing the defendant’s signature identifying himself as the child’s father for purposes of adoption-release, did not contain a sworn ad-

mission to that effect. Hughes v. Dulock, 207 Ga. App. 492, 428 S.E.2d 406, 1993 Ga. App. LEXIS 229 (1993).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2010 · leading case: Pruitt v. Lindsey, 407 S.E.2d 750 (Ga. 1991).
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Pruitt v. Lindsey, 407 S.E.2d 750 (Ga. 1991). · cites it 4× “NOTES [1] OCGA § 19-11-14, which provides that "the right of a child born out of wedlock to receive such support is enforceable in a civil action, notwithstanding any other provision of law" is not to the contrary.”
Weaver v. Chester, 393 S.E.2d 715 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “” OCGA § 19-11-14. (Emphasis supplied.) See also OCGA § 19-11-43 (6).”
Smith v. Carter, 699 S.E.2d 796 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-14 (a). 5 Roberts v. Tharp, 286 Ga.”
Dep't of Human Resources v. Woodruff, 507 S.E.2d 249 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 19-11-14 (a) provides that “[w]henever a man has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative tribunal as the father of a child born out of wedlock or whenever he has acknowledged paternity under oath in an administrative hearing, in court,…”
Hughes v. Dulock, 428 S.E.2d 406 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to OCGA § 19-11-14: “Whenever a man has been adju *493 dicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as the father of a child born out of wedlock or whenever he has acknowledged paternity under oath in an administrative hearing, in court, or by verified writing, he shall…”
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