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O.C.G.A. § 19-11-58 — Department of Human Services designated state information agency; duties | Georgia Code
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TITLE 19 DOMESTIC RELATIONS

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

ARTICLE 2 UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT

19-11-58. Department of Human Services designated state information agency; duties.

The Department of Human Services is designated as the state information agency under this article and it shall be its duty:

  1. To compile a list of the courts in this state having jurisdiction under this article and their addresses and to transmit the same to the state information agency of every other state which has adopted this article or a substantially similar act;
  2. To maintain a register of such lists received from other states and to transmit copies thereof, as soon as possible after receipt, to every court in this state having jurisdiction under this article;
  3. To approve as to form all orders for payment of the district attorneys' fees and forward same to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia for payment; and
  4. To furnish to the district attorneys necessary forms, information, and assistance in proceedings under this article.

(Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 15; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1141, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1402, § 19; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 19; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 19; Ga. L. 2008, p. 577, § 17/SB 396; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2/HB 228.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

When and how district attorney collects fee.

- Solicitor general (now district attorney) is entitled to payment of fee when case has been successfully concluded, and order for payment of fee has been processed as provided in Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, §§ 15 and 15A (see now O.C.G.A. §§ 19-11-58 and19-11-59). 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 75.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 77.

C.J.S.

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

U.L.A.

- Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 17.

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