Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT · Article 2. UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT

19-11-65. Power of court to assure compliance with orders.

Active

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

In addition to the other powers specified in this article, the court of this state, when acting as the responding state, has the power to subject the respondent to such terms and conditions as the court may deem proper to assure compliance with its orders and in particular has the power:
(1)
To require the respondent to furnish recognizance in the form of a cash deposit or bond of such character and in such amount as the court may deem proper to assure payment of any amount required to be paid by the respondent;#
(2)
To require the respondent to make payments at specified intervals to the department or any county agency designated by the court or to the obligee and to report personally to the department at such times as may be deemed necessary; and#
(3)
To punish the respondent who violates any order of the court to the same extent as is provided by law for contempt of the court in any other action or proceeding cognizable by the court.#

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. 1958, p. 34, § 21; Ga. L. 1989, p. 380, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 19.

Exercise of power of contempt generally, § 15-1-4.

For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 232 (1989).

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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, page 1211; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.