Syfert Injury Law Firm

Your Trusted Partner in Personal Injury & Workers' Compensation

Call Now: 904-383-7448
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-23 — Authority of district attorneys | Georgia Code
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-23 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Section 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support, 19-11-1 through 19-11-191.

ARTICLE 1 CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT

19-11-23. Authority of district attorneys.

  1. The district attorneys of this state shall be authorized to render such assistance to the department as the department may request and to file and prosecute, in any of the several courts of this state or of the United States, such civil or criminal actions on behalf of the department as may be necessary to ensure the proper enforcement of this article.
  2. When acting pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the district attorney shall represent the department and the department shall be the sole client of the district attorney.

(Ga. L. 1977, p. 722, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1816, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 861, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1833, § 5.)

Cross references.

- Supplemental compensation for district attorney rendering assistance under section, § 15-18-11.

Law reviews.

- For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (1989).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Boone v. State, Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Carter, 250 Ga. 379, 297 S.E.2d 727 (1982); Cox v. Department of Human Resources, 174 Ga. App. 377, 330 S.E.2d 120 (1985); Neal v. State, 182 Ga. App. 37, 354 S.E.2d 664 (1987).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Employment of personnel by district attorney not specifically authorized.

- Statute constitutes specific authorization for district attorneys to provide assistance to the Department of Human Resources but does not specifically authorize the district attorney to employ personnel for that purpose. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U79-12.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, § 111.

Database error: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 8 attempt to write a readonly database

This Georgia Code resource is curated by Graham Syfert, a personal injury and workers' compensation attorney admitted in Georgia (State Bar of Georgia No. 881027, since 2006) and Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.