Section 19-11-115 – Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia

(a) A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article; or
(2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal in Georgia having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

OCGA § 19-11-115

Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws 224,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2013.