Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 6. ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION

19-11-164. Notification to nonregistering party and obligor’s employer.

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

(a)
When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of Georgia shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.#
(b)
A notice must inform the nonregistering party:#
1. (1)
  That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of Georgia;#
2. (2)
  That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under Code Section 19-11-184.2;#
3. (3)
  That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and#
4. (4)
  Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.#
(c)
If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:#
1. (1)
  Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;#
2. (2)
  Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;#
3. (3)
  State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this Code section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and#
4. (4)
  State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.#
(d)
Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the child support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to Code Sections 19-6-32 through 19-6-33.1.#

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, § 19-11-164, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-29/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” in the first sentence of subsection (a) and in subsection (d).

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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, pages 268 to 269; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 3b0e2669853a.

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