Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 5. DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION

19-11-150. Issuance of income withholding orders.

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

An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer pursuant to Code Sections 19-6-32 through 19-6-33.1 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

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, § 19-11-150, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-28/SB 137; Ga. L. 2024, p. 233, § 9/SB 520, effective July 1, 2024.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted “income withholding” for “income-withholding” at the beginning of this Code section.

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

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 263; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 3b0e2669853a.