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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-175. Registration of foreign child support order.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-175. Registration of foreign child support order.

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under Code Sections 19-11-160 through 19-11-167 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-11-175, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.