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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

19-11-171. Recognition of modification by another tribunal.

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

  1. If a child support order issued by a tribunal in Georgia is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article, a tribunal of Georgia:

  2. (1)

    May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;#

  3. (2)

    May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and#

  4. (3)

    Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.#

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, § 19-11-171, 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, pages 1255 to 1256; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.