Section 19-11-112 – Authority of tribunal

Under this article, a tribunal in Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.OCGA § 19-11-112Amended by 2013 Ga. Laws...

Section 19-11-110 – Jurisdiction

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if: (1) The individual is...

Section 19-11-104 – Applicability

(a) A tribunal of Georgia shall apply Parts 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Part 7 of this article to a support proceeding involving: (1) A foreign support order;(2) A foreign tribunal; or(3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.(b) A tribunal...

Section 19-11-103 – Nature of remedies

(a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.(b) This article does not: (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or...