Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

19-11-30. Confidentiality of information and records; safeguards against unauthorized use.

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

(a)
1. (1)
  Information and records obtained by the department pursuant to any provision of this article or Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act shall be deemed to be confidential and shall be released only by permission of the party or parties named in the information or records, by order of the court, or for those purposes specifically authorized by this article. Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#
2. (2)
  The department shall provide to an attorney representing an obligor, to an attorney representing an obligee, or to a private child support collector, as defined in Code Section 10-1-392, and hired by an obligee and acting pursuant to a power of attorney signed by such obligee, any documents which such obligor or obligee would be entitled to request and receive from the child support enforcement agency.#
(b)
The department shall establish safeguards against the unauthorized use or disclosure of information relating to:#
1. (1)
  Proceedings or actions to establish paternity;#
2. (2)
  Proceedings to establish or enforce support;#
3. (3)
  The whereabouts of one party to another party against whom a protective order with respect to the former party has been entered; and#
4. (4)
  The whereabouts of one party to another party if the department has reason to believe that the release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the former party.#

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, § 19-11-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 29; Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 5/HB 189; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-23/SB 137.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 6/HB 189, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall be applicable to all contracts for private collection of child support payments entered into on or after July 1, 2009.

Law reviews

For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).

Other notes

U.S. Code.: Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, referred to in this Code section, is codified at 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.

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