Georgia Code, Title 19, Chapter 11, Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

• § 19-11-40 - Short Title
  This article may be cited as the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act."
• § 19-11-40.1 - Effective Date for Application of Article
  No new petition may be filed, nor may any type of proceeding be initiated, under this article on or after January 1, 1998. It...
• § 19-11-41 - Purposes of Article
  The purposes of this article are to improve and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support and to make uniform the...
• § 19-11-42 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Certification" means certification in accordance with the laws of the certifying state. (2) "Court" means the...
• § 19-11-43 - Duty of Support Defined; Criteria for Determining Existence of Duty of Support
  "Duty of support" includes any duty of support imposed or imposable by law or by any court order, decree, or judgment, whether interlocutory or...
• § 19-11-44 - Declaration of Reciprocating Status of Canadian Province or Territory by Attorney General
  Where the Attorney General is satisfied that reciprocal provisions will be made by any province or territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Attorney...
• § 19-11-45 - Remedies Cumulative
  The remedies provided in this article are in addition to and not in substitution of any other remedies.
• § 19-11-46 - Liability of Obligor in State Not Dependent on Obligee's Presence
  Duties of support arising under the law of this state, when applicable under Code Section 19-11-49, bind the obligor, present in this state, regardless...
• § 19-11-47 - Support Proceedings When Obligor and Obligee are Found in Different Counties of State
  A proceeding to compel support under this article may be maintained where both the obligee and the obligor are residents of or are domiciled...
• § 19-11-48 - When Extradition of Obligor Authorized; How Extradition Avoided; Petition; Temporary Order of Support; Delivery of Copies of Order; Suspension of Extradition Proceedings
  (a) The Governor of this state may: (1) Demand from the governor of any other state the surrender of any person found in the...
• § 19-11-49 - Choice of Law for Determining Duties of Support
  Duties of support applicable under this article are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state in which the obligor was present...
• § 19-11-50 - Remedies of State or Political Subdivision Furnishing Support; Court Orders for Present or Future Support Not to Be Jeopardized
  (a) Except as otherwise specified in subsection (b) of this Code section, whenever the state or a political subdivision thereof furnishes support to an...
• § 19-11-51 - Duties Enforceable by Petition; Jurisdiction; Venue
  All duties of support, including the duty to pay arrearages or reimbursement, are enforceable by petition irrespective of relationship between the obligor and obligee....
• § 19-11-52 - Contents of Petition; When Cause of Action Arises
  The petition shall be verified and shall state the name and, so far as known to the petitioner, the address and circumstances of the...
• § 19-11-53 - Representation of Petitioner by District Attorney; Fees; Monthly Collection Reports; Payment to County for Services; Clerk's Fees
  (a) The district attorney of each superior court shall be authorized to represent the petitioner in any proceeding under this article. Otherwise, at the...
• § 19-11-54 - By Whom Petition for Minor Obligee Brought; Guardian Ad Litem Not Necessary
  A petition on behalf of a minor obligee may be brought by a person having custody of the minor without appointment as guardian ad
• § 19-11-55 - Duty of Court of This State When Acting As Initiating State; Transmittal of Copies of Petition, Certificate, and Article; Monetary Recommendation to Canadian Court
  (a) If a court of this state, acting as an initiating state, finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be...
• § 19-11-56 - Payment of Costs and Fees by State; Issuance of Execution to Reimburse State
  A court of this state, whether the state is acting as an initiating or a responding state, may, in its discretion, direct that any...
• § 19-11-57 - When Respondent's Arrest Authorized
  (a) When a court of this state, acting as an initiating state, has reason to believe that the respondent may flee the jurisdiction, it...
• § 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...
• § 19-11-59 - Payment of District Attorney's Fee
  The fee of the district attorney arising under this article shall be paid by the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia upon...
• § 19-11-60 - Duty of Court of This State When Acting As Responding State
  When a court of this state, acting as a responding state, receives from the court of an initiating state the copies specified in Code...
• § 19-11-61 - Procedure Where Responding Court Unable to Obtain Jurisdiction; Cooperation of Police in Locating Respondent; Transfer of Documents Upon Location of Respondent or His Property
  (a) If a court of this state, acting as a responding state, is unable to obtain jurisdiction of the respondent or his property, due...
• § 19-11-62 - Discovery Procedures
  In any proceeding under this article the court may order interrogatories or depositions to be taken within or outside the state pursuant to the...
• § 19-11-63 - Order of Support or Reimbursement
  If the court of the responding state finds a duty of support, it may order the respondent to furnish support and to pay arrearages...
• § 19-11-64 - Transmittal of Copy of Order to Initiating State
  The court of this state, when acting as a responding state, shall cause to be transmitted to the court of the initiating state a...
• § 19-11-65 - Power of Court to Assure Compliance With Orders
  In addition to the other powers specified in this article, the court of this state, when acting as the responding state, has the power...
• § 19-11-66 - Determination of Paternity
  If the obligor asserts as a defense that he is not the father of the child for whom support is sought and it appears...
• § 19-11-67 - Transmittal of Payments to Court of Initiating State; Certified Statement of Payments Made by Respondent
  A court of this state, when acting as a responding state, shall have the following duties, which may be carried out through the community...
• § 19-11-68 - Duty of Court of Initiating State to Disburse Payments Received
  A court of this state, when acting as an initiating state, shall have the duty, which may be carried out through the clerk of...
• § 19-11-69 - Spouses Competent and Compellable to Testify
  Laws attaching a privilege against the disclosure of communications between husband and wife are inapplicable to proceedings under this article. Husband and wife are...
• § 19-11-70 - Rules of Evidence
  In any hearing under this article, the court shall be bound by the same rules of evidence that bind the juvenile courts of this
• § 19-11-71 - Previous Support Orders Not Superseded; How Payments Credited
  Any order of support issued by a court of this state when acting as a responding state shall not supersede any previous order of...
• § 19-11-72 - Jurisdiction in Other Proceedings Not Conferred
  Participation in any proceedings under this article shall not confer upon any court jurisdiction of any of the parties thereto in any other proceeding.
• § 19-11-73 - Construction of Article
  This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact
• § 19-11-74 - Temporary Order
  At any time after the filing of a petition for support and before final hearing, the court may, on satisfactory affidavits or other proof,...
• § 19-11-75 - Right of Appeal; Effect of Appeal on Order of Support
  Any respondent in an action brought under this article shall have the right of appeal as in civil actions. Any order for support made...
• § 19-11-76 - Additional Remedies on Foreign Support Order
  If the duty of support is based on a foreign support order, the obligee has the additional remedies provided in Code Sections 19-11-77 through
• § 19-11-77 - Registration of Foreign Support Order; Filing in Registry of Foreign Support Orders
  (a) The obligee may register the foreign support order in a court of this state in the manner, with the effect, and for the...
• § 19-11-78 - Application of Code Section 19-11-53
  Code Section 19-11-53 shall apply equally when this state is acting either as a rendering or registering state.
• § 19-11-79 - Registration Procedure -- Transmittal of Documents to District Attorney; Filing; Notice; Docketing
  (a) An obligee seeking to register a foreign support order in a superior court of this state shall transmit to the district attorney: (1)...
• § 19-11-80 - Registration Procedure -- Hearing; Defenses; Grounds for Stay; Entry of Order As Registration; County's Entitlement to Fee; Through Whom Payments Made
  (a) At the hearing, the obligor may present only matters that would be available to him as defenses in an action to enforce a...
• § 19-11-81 - Effect of Registration of Foreign Support Order
  Upon registration, the registered foreign support order shall be treated in the same manner as a support order issued by a court of this...

Last modified: October 14, 2016