O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-165 (2019)

Contesting the validity of registered support order by nonregistering party

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in Georgia shall request a hearing within the time required by Code Section 19-11-164. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to Code Section 19-11-166. (b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.

(c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

History

Code 1981, § 19-11-165, enacted by Ga.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Sussman v. Sussman, 687 S.E.2d 644 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009).

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Sussman v. Sussman, 687 S.E.2d 644 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 19-11-165 (b). 2 A trial court has the inherent power to exercise its discretion and amend, vacate, or set aside a judgment “for any meritorious reason,” so long as the motion requesting such action by the trial court is filed during the term of court in which the…”

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