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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-71. Previous support orders not superseded; how payments credited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-71. Previous support orders not superseded; how payments credited.

Any order of support issued by a court of this state when acting as a responding state shall not supersede any previous order of support issued in a divorce or separate maintenance action, but the amounts for a particular period paid pursuant to either order shall be credited against amounts accruing or accrued for the same period under both.

## History

Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 26.