---
title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-2. Purposes of article; construction.
collection: code
id: 19-11-2
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-2 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-2
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-2.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-2/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=b0848ebd_0#page=1118
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-1.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-3.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: DOMESTIC RELATIONS / ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT / CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT
---

# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-2. Purposes of article; construction.

(a) The underlying purposes of this article are:

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

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

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

(b) This article shall be liberally construed to promote its underlying purposes.

## History

Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 2.