O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40.1 (2019)

Effective date for application of article

✓ 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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No new petition may be filed, nor may any type of proceeding be initiated, under this article on or after January 1, 1998. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any petitions filed or proceedings initiated on or after January 1, 1998, be governed by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.” The provisions of this article shall apply only to proceedings pending prior to January 1, 1998.

History

Code 1981, § 19-11-40.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 32.

Annotations

Code Commission notes. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, this Code section, enacted as Code

Section 19-11-40.5 was redesignated as Code Section 19-11-40.1. Law reviews. For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Act does not apply retroactively. - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-160 et seq., cannot be applied retroactively because of the lan-

guage of O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40.1. Georgia Dep’t of Human Resources v. Deason, 238 Ga. App. 853, 520 S.E.2d 712, 1999 Ga. App. LEXIS 967 (1999).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2004–2013 · leading case: Dial v. Adkins, 595 S.E.2d 332 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004).

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Dial v. Adkins, 595 S.E.2d 332 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “The UIFSA was enacted to replace the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) (OCGA § 19-11-40 et seq.”

Kean v. Marshall, 669 S.E.2d 463 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-40.1. The trial court found that although one provision of the UIFSA grants expansive personal jurisdiction over nonresidents in proceedings to modify support orders under OCGA § 19-11-110, other provisions restrict that jurisdiction.”

Parker v. Parker, 745 S.E.2d 605 (Ga. 2013). · cites it 2× “See OCGA§ 19-11-40.1. Neither does the worksheet for the older child.”

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