Title 19

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in Part 6 of this article. (b) Notwithstanding Code Sections 19-11-130 …

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, Code Sections 19-11164 through 19-11-167 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registr…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a tribunal of Georgia shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of Georgia may refuse recognition and enforcement o…

If a tribunal of Georgia does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order. History. Code 1981, §…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, a tribunal of Georgia shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agre…

(a) A tribunal of Georgia may not modify a convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of Georgia, either expressly or by defending on …

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-184.7, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.

(a) For purposes of this part, the term “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this article. (b) The Governor of this state may: (1) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual …

(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least 90 da…

In applying and construing this article, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-190, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193…

This article applies to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2013, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered. History. Code 1981, § 1…

If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provision…

Filing of petition to establish, register, or modify support order; required information; relief sought. Nondisclosure of identifying information when health, safety, or liberty at risk; disclosure of information in the interest of justice. Fees and costs. Personal jurisdiction. …

Attachment. Issuance of writ of attachment. Sunday observance, §18-3-16. Levy of attachment. Sunday observance, §18-3-16. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. Child support enforcement. Suspension or denial of licenses for failure to pay support, §§19-6-28.1, 19-11-9.3. Licenses. Revocation …

Requirements for registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country; other filings. Filing in Georgia tribunal required for registration; enforcement; modification. Governing law; statute of limitations; application of procedural and remedial law of Georgia; prospect…

Applicability of part. Department of Human Services recognized as designated agency. Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings. Filing direct requests; entitlement to assistance; preference for simplified and expeditious processes. Request for registrat…

Child support. Enforcement of verdicts, §19-6-16. Divorce. Disposition of property in accordance with verdict, §19-5-13. VERIFICATION. Divorce petitions, §19-5-5. Marriage licenses, §19-3-33. VETERINARIANS. Child support enforcement. Suspension or denial of license for failure to…

Child custody. Change of custody. Complaint in nature of habeas corpus prohibited, §19-9-23. HAGUE CONVENTION. Child custody. Uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act. Civil aspects of international child abduction. Enforcing order of return of child,

Representation of petitioner by district attorney; fees; monthly collection reports; payment to county for services; clerk’s fees. By whom petition for minor obligee brought; guardian ad litem not necessary. Duty of court of this state when acting as initiating state; transmittal…

Marriage fact sheet to be distributed by premarital education providers, §19-3-41.1. Protective order registry, §§19-13-50 to 19-13-56. STANDING. Child custody. Equitable caregivers, §19-7-3.1. STATE COMMISSION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, §§19-13-30 to 19-13-34. STATE COURTS OF COUNTIES.…