Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

19-11-23. Authority of district attorneys.

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

(a)
The district attorneys of this state shall be authorized to render such assistance to the department as the department may request and to file and prosecute, in any of the several courts of this state or of the United States, such civil or criminal actions on behalf of the department as may be necessary to ensure the proper enforcement of this article.#
(b)
When acting pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the district attorney shall represent the department and the department shall be the sole client of the district attorney.#

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.

Ga. L. 1977, p. 722, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1816, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 861, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1833, § 5.

Supplemental compensation for district attorney rendering assistance under section, § 15-18-11.

For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (1989).

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Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, pages 1164 to 1165; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.