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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 1. CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT

19-11-2. Purposes of article; construction.

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

  1. (a)

    The underlying purposes of this article are:#

    1. (1)

      To provide that public assistance to needy children is a supplement to the contribution of the responsible parents;#

    2. (2)

      To provide for a determination that a responsible parent is able to support his children; and#

    3. (3)

      To provide for the enforcement of an able parent’s obligation to furnish support.#

  2. (b)

    This article shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.#

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

Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 2.

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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 1118 to 1119; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.