• § 19-11-120 - Application of Part; Initiation of a Proceeding
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement...
• § 19-11-121 - Representative for Minor Parent
  A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the...
• § 19-11-122 - Governing Law and Procedure for Responding Georgia Tribunal
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal of Georgia: (1) Shall apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar...
• § 19-11-123 - Information to Be Provided to Responding Tribunal
  (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this article, an initiating tribunal of Georgia shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:...
• § 19-11-124 - Receipt of Petition of Pleading by Responding Georgia Tribunal; Action Authorized; Limitations; Foreign Currency Conversion
  (a) When a responding tribunal of Georgia receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of...
• § 19-11-125 - Receipt by Inappropriate Tribunal
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents...
• § 19-11-126 - Support Enforcement Agency's Services; Determining Controlling Order; Foreign Currency Conversion; Enforcement of Support Order and Income Withholding Order of Another State; Absence of Fiduciary Relationship
  (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this article.(b) A support...
• § 19-11-127 - Authority of Attorney General
  (a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General...
• § 19-11-128 - Employment of Private Counsel
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this article.
• § 19-11-129 - State Information Agency
  (a) The Department of Human Services is the state information agency under this article.(b) The state information agency shall: (1) Compile and maintain a...
• § 19-11-130 - Filing of Petition to Establish, Register, or Modify Support Order; Required Information; Relief Sought
  (a) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order to determine parentage of a child, or to register...
• § 19-11-131 - Nondisclosure of Identifying Information Where Health, Safety, or Liberty At Risk; Disclosure of Information in the Interest of Justice
  If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would...
• § 19-11-132 - Fees and Costs
  (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of Georgia...
• § 19-11-133 - Personal Jurisdiction
  (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this article before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services...
• § 19-11-134 - Defense of Nonparentage
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to...
• § 19-11-135 - Physical Presence of Individual Nonresident Party Not Required; Admissible Evidence
  (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of Georgia is not required for the establishment, enforcement,...
• § 19-11-136 - Communication Between Tribunals
  A tribunal in Georgia may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record, or by telephone, e-mail, or other means, to obtain...
• § 19-11-137 - Tribunal's Authority to Accomplish Discovery
  A tribunal of this state may: (1) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) Upon request, compel a...
• § 19-11-138 - Disbursement of Funds; Redirecting Payments
  (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal in Georgia shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the...

Last modified: October 14, 2016