O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-162 (2019)

Filing in Georgia tribunal required for registration; enforcement; modification

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of Georgia.

(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal in Georgia.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal in Georgia shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

History

Code 1981, § 19-11-162, enacted by Ga.

L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.