Right to jury trial.

- Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, Ga. L. 1951, p. 726, does not expressly provide right of trial by jury as to support by parent of minor children in custody of other parent in another state. Strange v. Strange, 222 Ga. 44, 148 S.E.2d 494 (1966).

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (see now O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq.) is not unconstitutional for failure to provide jury trial for parent sued by former spouse for future support of minor children in her custody. Strange v. Strange, 222 Ga. 44, 148 S.E.2d 494 (1966).

Petition under article is not divorce or alimony case.

- Petition for support of minor children brought under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (see now O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq.) is not a divorce or alimony case within the meaning of Ga. Const. 1976, Art. VI, Sec. II, Para. IV (see now Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Para. II, III, V; Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. 1, Para. VIII; Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. V, Para. V) which provides that the Supreme Court "shall be a court alone for the trial and correction of errors of law . . . in all divorce and alimony cases." O'Quinn v. O'Quinn, 217 Ga. 431, 122 S.E.2d 925 (1961).

Lawful custodian need not pay support to mother wrongfully taking children.

- There is no duty on a father to make payments to a mother for support of minor children when the father has obtained a prior order of custody, and the mother, contrary to such order, has removed the children out of the court's jurisdiction. Hethcox v. Hethcox, 146 Ga. App. 430, 246 S.E.2d 444 (1978).

Arrearages only recoverable after amendment by Ga. L. 1979, p. 941,

§§ 1, 2. - Arrearages were not specifically recoverable under the Georgia Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (see now O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq.) until O.C.G.A. §§ 19-11-51 and19-11-63 were amended by Ga. L. 1979, p. 941, §§ 1, 2. State ex rel. Brookins v. Brookins, 257 Ga. 205, 357 S.E.2d 77 (1987).

Effect of order under URESA in subsequent arrearage action.

- An order rendered by a responding court in a Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq., proceeding is not res judicata in a subsequent action for arrearage under the original support order, subject to a setoff of any such arrearages already paid to prevent a double recovery. State ex rel. Brookins v. Brookins, 257 Ga. 205, 357 S.E.2d 77 (1987).

Arrearages may be collected after child obtains majority.

- Contempt action to collect arrearages which accrued while a child was under 18 may be filed even though the child on whose behalf the action is brought is legally an adult at the time of the action. Johnson v. State, 167 Ga. App. 508, 306 S.E.2d 756 (1983).

Cited in Evans v. State, 178 Ga. App. 1, 341 S.E.2d 865 (1986).

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 59 Am. Jur. 2d, Parent and Child, § 73.

U.L.A.

- 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 175, 203.

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) §§ 9, 10.