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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-11-77. Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-11-77. Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders.

(a) The obligee may register the foreign support order in a court of this state in the manner, with the effect, and for the purposes provided in this article.

(b) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain a registry of foreign support orders in which he shall file foreign support orders.

## History

Ga. L. 1979, p. 938, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia’s divorce, alimony and child custody laws for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (1979).