(a) When a responding tribunal of Georgia receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 19-11-120, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.(b) A responding tribunal of Georgia, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;(3) Order income withholding;(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;(5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;(6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;(7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property;(8) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, e-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;(9) Issue an order for the arrest of an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the arrest order in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;(11) Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and(12) Grant any other available remedy.(c) A responding tribunal of Georgia shall include in a support order issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.(d) A responding tribunal of Georgia may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.(e) If a responding tribunal of Georgia issues an order under this article, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of Georgia shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
