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

19-11-155. Contesting of order from another tribunal.

1. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in Georgia by registering the order in a tribunal of Georgia and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part 6 of this article, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of Georgia.
2. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
   1. Any support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
   2. Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and
   3. The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.

(Code 1981, §19-11-155, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)