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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 3. CIVIL PROVISIONS

19-11-122. Governing law and procedure for responding Georgia tribunal.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal of Georgia:

  2. (1)

    Shall apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in Georgia and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and#

  3. (2)

    Shall determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of Georgia.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 19-11-122, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, page 1235; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.