- § 19-11-160 - Registration of Orders Issued by Another State or Foreign Country
A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Georgia for enforcement.
- § 19-11-161 - Requirements for Registration of Orders Issued by Another State or Foreign Country; Other Filings
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-11-184.1, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may...
- § 19-11-162 - Filing in Georgia Tribunal Required for Registration; Enforcement; Modification
(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in...
- § 19-11-163 - Governing Law; Statute of Limitations; Application of Procedural and Remedial Law of Georgia; Prospective Application of Law of Other State or Foreign Country
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) The...
- § 19-11-164 - Notification to Nonregistering Party and Obligor's Employer
(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of Georgia...
- § 19-11-165 - Contesting the Validity of Registered Support Order by Nonregistering Party
(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in Georgia shall request a hearing within the time...
- § 19-11-166 - Burden of Proof in Contesting Validity of Registered Support Order; Stays
(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving...
- § 19-11-167 - Effect of Confirmation
Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect...
- § 19-11-168 - Petitions for Modification
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register...
- § 19-11-169 - Enforcement Pending Modification
A tribunal of Georgia may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if...
- § 19-11-170 - Requirements for Modification; Effect on Jurisdiction
(a) If Code Section 19-11-172 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of Georgia may modify a child support order issued in another state...
- § 19-11-171 - Recognition of Modification by Another Tribunal
If a child support order issued by a tribunal in Georgia is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to...
- § 19-11-172 - Jurisdiction; Application of Article
(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in Georgia and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal...
- § 19-11-173 - Filing Requirement for Modified Order
Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order...
- § 19-11-174 - Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-11-184.6, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support...
- § 19-11-175 - Registration of Foreign Child Support Order
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the convention may...
Last modified: October 14, 2016