O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-81 (2019)

Effect of registration of foreign support order

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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Upon registration, the registered foreign support order shall be treated in the same manner as a support order issued by a court of this

state. It has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for modifying, vacating, or staying as a support order of this state and may be enforced and satisfied in like manner.

History

Ga. L. 1979, p. 938, § 1.

Annotations

Law reviews. For article surveying legislative and ju-

dicial developments in Georgia’s divorce, alimony and child custody laws for 197879, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (1979).

ARTICLE 3 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT Law reviews. For article commenting on the enactment of this article, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).

For article, “Georgia’s Constitutional Scheme for State Appellate Jurisdiction,” see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (2001).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Act does not apply retroactively. - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq., cannot be applied retroactively because of the language in its effective date (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).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Trials. - Interstate Enforcement of Child Support Orders, 37 Am. Jur. Trials 639.

C.J.S. 27C C.J.S., Divorce, § 1137 et seq.

PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Dep't of Human Resources v. Pruitt, 476 S.E.2d 764 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996).

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Dep't of Human Resources v. Pruitt, 476 S.E.2d 764 (Ga. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 19-11-81. In the present case, however, the DHR did not check the designated box on the pre-printed petition form indicating that it was attempting to register the Ohio support order.”

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