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

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

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

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:
(1)
May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;#
(2)
May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and#
(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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