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

19-11-183. Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings.

1. In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Human Services shall:
   1. Transmit and receive applications; and
   2. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of Georgia.
2. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:
   1. Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
   2. Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in Georgia;
   3. Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
   4. Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection (b) of Code Section 19-11-184.3;
   5. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and
   6. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
3. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
   1. Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of Georgia;
   2. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and
   3. Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
4. A tribunal of Georgia may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.

(Code 1981, §19-11-183, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)