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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

19-11-174. Jurisdiction to modify child support order.

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

  1. (a)

    Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-11-184.6, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of Georgia may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Code Section 19-11-170 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.#

  2. (b)

    An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this Code section is the controlling order.#

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, § 19-11-174, enacted by 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 1257; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.