O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-2 (2019)

Purposes of article; construction

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

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(a) The underlying purposes of this article are:

(1) To provide that public assistance to needy children is a supplement to the contribution of the responsible parents; (2) To provide for a determination that a responsible parent is able to support his children; and (3) To provide for the enforcement of an able parent’s obligation to furnish support. (b) This article shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.

History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 2.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Criminal responsibility of parent under desertion or nonsupport statutes, as af-

fected by child’s possession of independent means, or by fact other persons supply his needs or are able to do so, 131 A.L.R. 482.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1985–2013 · leading case: Allen v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources, 423 S.E.2d 383 (Ga. 1992).

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Allen v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources, 423 S.E.2d 383 (Ga. 1992). · cites it 8× “OCGA § 19-11-2 provides as follows: (a) The underlying purposes of this article are: (1) To provide that public assistance to needy children is a supplement to the contribution of the responsible parents; (2) To provide for a determination that a responsible parent is able to…”

Cox v. Dep't of Human Resources, 334 S.E.2d 683 (Ga. 1985). · cites it 10× “" OCGA § 19-11-2 (a). (Emphasis supplied.) Thus the goals of both AFDC and The Child Support Recovery Act are to strengthen family life, to encourage a parent able to provide support to contribute to the family unit, and ultimately, to assist the family unit in attaining…”

Dep't of Human Resources v. Fleeman, 439 S.E.2d 474 (Ga. 1994). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-2; Cox v. Dept. of Human Resources, 255 Ga.”

Singh v. Hammond, 740 S.E.2d 126 (Ga. 2013). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 19-11-2 (a) (l). Indeed, rather than prohibiting a parent from seeking government assistance for needy children, the Legislature has recognized that public assistance for needy children merely serves to supplement, rather than replace, a responsible parent’s obligation…”

Dep't of Human Resources v. Prince, 401 S.E.2d 342 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “’ OCGA § 19-11-2 (a).” Cox v. Dept, of Human Resources, 255 Ga.”

Dep't of Human Resources v. Siggers, 463 S.E.2d 544 (Ga. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-2 (a). None of these concerns is implicated here.”

Dep't of Human Resources v. Hedgepath, 420 S.E.2d 638 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “See OCGA §§ 19-11-2 (a) (3); 19-11-6 (a); 19-11-10 (c); 19-11-12.”

Dep't of Human Resources v. Brown, 443 S.E.2d 685 (Ga. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 19-11-2. To engraft other causes to such an action complicates its purposeful simplicity and lengthens the road to child support from a responsible parent.”

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