Georgia Code, Title 19, Chapter 6, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 19-6-1 - Alimony Defined; When Authorized; How Determined; Lien on Estate of Party Dying Prior to Order; Certain Changes in Parties' Assets Prohibited Pending Determination
  (a) Alimony is an allowance out of one party's estate, made for the support of the other party when living separately. It is either...
• § 19-6-2 - Attorney's Fees; When Granted; Grant of Final Judgment; How Enforced; Action by Attorney
  (a) The grant of attorney's fees as a part of the expenses of litigation, made at any time during the pendency of the litigation,...
• § 19-6-3 - Temporary Alimony; Petition and Hearing; Factors Considered; Discretion of Judge; Revision and Enforcement of Order; Effect of Failure to Comply
  (a) Whenever an action for divorce or for permanent alimony is pending, either party may apply at any time to the presiding judge of...
• § 19-6-4 - When Permanent Alimony Authorized; How Enforced
  (a) Permanent alimony may be granted in the following cases: (1) In cases of divorce; (2) In cases of voluntary separation; or (3) Where...
• § 19-6-5 - Factors in Determining Amount of Alimony; Effect of Remarriage on Obligations for Alimony
  (a) The finder of fact may grant permanent alimony to either party, either from the corpus of the estate or otherwise. The following shall...
• § 19-6-6 - Liability After Grant of Alimony
  (a) When permanent alimony is granted, the party liable for alimony shall cease to be liable for any debt or contract of the former...
• § 19-6-7 - Interest in Deceased Party's Estate After Grant of Permanent Alimony
  After permanent alimony is granted, upon the death of the party liable for the alimony the other party shall not be entitled to any...
• § 19-6-8 - Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse -- Agreement for Support As Bar to Alimony
  In cases of voluntary separation or in cases where one spouse, against the will of that spouse, is abandoned or driven off by the...
• § 19-6-9 - Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse -- Equity May Compel Support
  Absent the making of a voluntary contract or other agreement, as provided in Code Section 19-6-8, and on the application of a party, the...
• § 19-6-10 - Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse -- Petition for Alimony or Child Support When No Divorce Pending -- Notice; Hearing; Order and Enforcement; Equitable Remedies; Decree in Equity; Effect of Filing for Divorce
  When spouses are living separately or in a bona fide state of separation and there is no action for divorce pending, either party, on...
• § 19-6-11 - Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse -- Petition for Alimony or Child Support When No Divorce Pending -- Appeals
  A judgment of the superior court in a case brought under Code Section 19-6-10 shall be appealable on the same terms as are prescribed...
• § 19-6-12 - Voluntary Separation, Abandonment, or Driving Off of Spouse -- Effect of Subsequent Cohabitation Between Spouses on Permanent Alimony
  The subsequent voluntary cohabitation of spouses, where there has been no total divorce between them, shall annul and set aside all provision made either...
• § 19-6-13 - Liability of Parents for Necessaries Furnished to Children Pending Voluntary Provision, Order, or Decree
  Until otherwise provided voluntarily or by decree or order of a court, each party shall be liable to third persons for the board and...
• § 19-6-14 - Child Support and Custody Pending Final Divorce; Effect on Liability to Third Persons for Necessaries
  Pending a final judgment in an action for divorce, the judge presiding may grant as alimony a sum sufficient for the support of the...
• § 19-6-15 - Child Support in Final Verdict or Decree; Guidelines for Determining Amount of Award; Continuation of Duty to Provide Support; Duration of Support
  (a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) Reserved. (2) "Adjusted income" means the determination of a parent's monthly income, calculated...
• § 19-6-16 - Enforcement of Child Support Orders, Decrees, or Verdicts
  Orders, decrees, or verdicts, permanent or temporary, in favor of the children may be enforced as those in favor of a party.
• § 19-6-17 - Application for Child Support Following Custody Award; Service of Petition; Hearing; Review; Modification of Order; Enforcement; Judgment
  (a) Whenever the custody of a minor child or children has been lawfully awarded by any court having jurisdiction thereof to: (1) Any person...
• § 19-6-18 - Revision of Judgment Rendered Prior to July 1, 1977, for Permanent Alimony and Child Support; When Authorized; Petition and Hearing; Expenses for Defense of Litigation
  (a) The judgment of a court providing permanent alimony for the support of a wife or child or children, or both, rendered prior to...
• § 19-6-19 - Revision of Judgment for Permanent Alimony Generally -- When Authorized; Petition and Hearing; Cohabitation With Third Party As Ground for Revision; Attorney's Fees; Temporary Modification Pending Final Trial
  (a) The judgment of a court providing permanent alimony for the support of a spouse rendered on or after July 1, 1977, shall be...
• § 19-6-20 - Revision of Judgment for Permanent Alimony, Generally -- Merits Not At Issue
  In the trial on a petition authorized in subsection (a) of Code Section 19-6-19, the merits of whether a party is entitled to alimony...
• § 19-6-21 - Revision of Judgment for Permanent Alimony -- Not Available in Case of Lump Sum Award
  A petition authorized in subsection (a) of Code Section 19-6-19 can be filed only where a party has been ordered by the final judgment...
• § 19-6-22 - Revision of Judgment for Permanent Alimony -- Expenses for Defense of Litigation
  Where a petition authorized by subsection (a) of Code Section 19-6-19 is filed by a party obligated to pay alimony, the court may require...
• § 19-6-23 - Applicability of Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 Through 19-6-22 to Judgments on or After March 9, 1955
  Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 through 19-6-22, as applicable, shall be effective and shall apply to any judgment of a court providing...
• § 19-6-24 - Applicability of Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 Through 19-6-22 to Judgments Prior to March 9, 1955
  Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 through 19-6-22, as applicable, shall apply to all judgments for permanent alimony for the support of a...
• § 19-6-25 - Revision of Permanent Alimony for Judgments Entered Prior to March 9, 1955
  When any judgment for permanent alimony rendered prior to March 9, 1955, is revised, amended, altered, settled, satisfied, or released, the same shall not...
• § 19-6-26 - Definitions; Jurisdiction
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Child support order" means a judgment, decree, or order of a court or authorized...
• § 19-6-27 - Application for Permanent Alimony or Child Support After Grant of Foreign Divorce Decree; Venue; Hearing; Review; Modification
  (a) Whenever, in any foreign country or any other state of the United States, any person obtains a divorce from such person's spouse, which...
• § 19-6-28 - Enforcement of Orders; Contempt; Service of Rule Nisi by Mail; Rule Nisi Form
  (a) In addition to other powers specified in this chapter, the court shall have the power to subject the respondent to such terms and...
• § 19-6-28.1 - Suspension Of, or Denial of Application or Renewal Of, License for Noncompliance With Child Support Order
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "License" means a certificate, permit, registration, or any other authorization issued by the Department...
• § 19-6-29 - Inclusion of Accident and Sickness Insurance Coverage in Order for Child Support; Payroll Deductions
  (a) In any case before the court involving child support, the court may inquire into the availability of accident and sickness insurance coverage to...
• § 19-6-30 - Provision for Collection by Continuing Garnishment for Support; Child Support Subject to Income Deduction
  (a) Any order of support of a child entered or modified on or after July 1, 1985, shall contain the following provision: "Whenever, in...
• § 19-6-31 - Definitions
  As used in Code Sections 19-6-32 and 19-6-33, the term: (1) "Accruing on a daily basis" means the amount of support computed by conversion...
• § 19-6-32 - Entering Income Deduction Order or Medical Support Notice for Award of Child Support; When Order or Notice Effective; Hearing on Order
  (a)(1) Except as provided for in paragraph (1) of subsection (a.1) of this Code section, upon the entry of a judgment or order establishing,...
• § 19-6-33 - Notice and Service of Income Deduction Order; Hearing on Enforcement of Order; Discharge of Obligor; Penalties
  (a) The obligee or his or her agent shall serve an income deduction order and the notice to the payor, and in the case...
• § 19-6-33.1 - Family Support Registry
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Child support enforcement agency" means the Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of...
• § 19-6-34 - Inclusion of Life Insurance in Order of Support
  (a) In any case before the court involving child support, the court may include in the order of support provision for life insurance on...
• § 19-6-35 - Child Support Obligee and Obligor Defined
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Child support obligee" means an individual to whom the payment of a child support...

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