O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-49 (2019)

Choice of law for determining duties of support

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Duties of support applicable under this article are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state in which the obligor was present during the period for which support is sought. The obligor is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown.

History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 6.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 74. C.J.S. 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, § 2. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 156 et seq. U.L.A. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 7.

ALR. Conflict of laws as to right of child or third person against parent for support of child, 34 A.L.R.2d 1460.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1986–1999 · leading case: Evans v. State, 341 S.E.2d 865 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986).
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Evans v. State, 341 S.E.2d 865 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “" OCGA § 19-11-49. "All duties of support .”
Dep't of Human Resources v. Deason, 520 S.E.2d 712 (Ga. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Thus, this action was not a domestication of a foreign child support judgment but, instead, was a registration of such judgment under URESA.”
In re Pollock, 90 B.R. 747 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 1988). “The obligator is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown.”
Dep't of Human Resources v. Pruitt, 476 S.E.2d 764 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-49. In the absence of other evidence, the obligor is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought.”
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