Section 19-11-119.1 – Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order

May 11, 2021 | Family Law, Georgia

(a) A tribunal of Georgia issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of Georgia has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b) A tribunal of Georgia may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(c) A tribunal of Georgia that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:

(1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
(2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

OCGA § 19-11-119.1

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