O.C.G.A. § 19-11-112 — Authority of tribunal

Under this article, a tribunal in Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-112, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193. 19-11-113. Limitation on jurisdiction of Georgia tribunal if action ﬁled in another state or foreign country. (a) A tribunal in Georgia may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is ﬁled after a pleading is ﬁled in another state or a foreign country only if: (1) The petition or comparable pleading in Georgia is ﬁled before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for ﬁling a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country; (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and (3) If relevant, Georgia is the home state of the child. (b) A tribunal in Georgia may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is ﬁled before a petition or comparable pleading is ﬁled in another state or a foreign country if: (1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is ﬁled before the expiration of the time allowed in Georgia for ﬁling a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by Georgia; (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in Georgia; and (3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-113, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193. 1215 19-11-114 19-11-114. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify support order. (a) A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (1) At the time of the ﬁling of a request for modiﬁcation Georgia is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose beneﬁt the support order is issued; or (2) Even if Georgia is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose beneﬁt the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of Georgia may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. (b) A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if: (1) All of the parties who are individuals ﬁle consent in a record with the tribunal of Georgia that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or (2) Its order is not the controlling order. (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to this article or a law substantially similar to this article which modiﬁes a child support order of a tribunal of Georgia, tribunals of Georgia shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state. (d) A tribunal of Georgia that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state. (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conﬂict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-114, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193. 1216 19-11-116