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title: Title 19, Chapter 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support
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date: 2025
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heading: ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT
title_heading: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
section_count: 177
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# Title 19, Chapter 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support

Title 19. Domestic Relations

177 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 19-11-1, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-1.md
- 19-11-2, Purposes of article; construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-2.md
- 19-11-3, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-3.md
- 19-11-4, Application of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-4.md
- 19-11-5, Debt to state created by payment of public assistance; amount of debt; waiver, reduction, or negotiation of certain repayments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-5.md
- 19-11-6, Enforcement of child support payments and alimony for public assistance recipients, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-6.md
- 19-11-7, Enforcement of support payments for dependent minor child public assistance recipients; attorney’s fees; interest on judgment; limited scope of action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-7.md
- 19-11-8, Department’s duty to enforce support of abandoned minor public assistance recipient; scope of action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-8.md
- 19-11-9, Putative father registry; location of absent parents by department; assistance of other governmental agencies; use of information obtained, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-9.md
- 19-11-9.1, Duty to furnish information about obligor to department; use of information obtained; penalty for noncompliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-9.1.md
- 19-11-9.2, Duty of employers to report employee hiring or rehiring, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-9.2.md
- 19-11-9.3, Suspension or denial of license for noncompliance with child support order; interagency agreements; report to General Assembly; duty to inform obligors, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-9.3.md
- 19-11-10, Investigation to determine ability to support; notification of parent; information forms; penalty for falsifying parents’ report, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-10.md
- 19-11-11, Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-11.md
- 19-11-12, Review of orders for child support; review procedures; order adjusting support award amount; no release from liability due to subsequent financial obligation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-12.md
- 19-11-13, Determination of paternity; acknowledgment under oath; legal proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-13.md
- 19-11-14, Father’s liability for support of child born out of wedlock; full faith and credit to paternity determination by another state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-14.md
- 19-11-15, Voluntary support agreement; notice and hearing; notice of final determination, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-15.md
- 19-11-15.1, Information required to be given to individuals receiving services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-15.1.md
- 19-11-16, Periodic redeterminations and reinvestigations, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-16.md
- 19-11-17, Redetermination at request of parent; time for hearing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-17.md
- 19-11-18, Collection procedures; notice; judicial review, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-18.md
- 19-11-19, Garnishment and income deduction orders; notice and hearing; procedure; liability of employer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-19.md
- 19-11-20, Wage assignments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-20.md
- 19-11-21, Payment of support to department, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-21.md
- 19-11-22, Article not exclusive, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-22.md
- 19-11-23, Authority of district attorneys, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-23.md
- 19-11-24, Conformity with federal law intended; adoption of necessary regulations authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-24.md
- 19-11-25, Availability of information about overdue support to consumer reporting agency; notice to debtor parent; fee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-25.md
- 19-11-26, Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; order requiring medical support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-26.md
- 19-11-27, Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; National Medical Support Notice or other notice of enrollment; establishment of coverage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-27.md
- 19-11-28, Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; authorization of payments of benefits; notice of termination; immunity from liability of person or entity providing access to coverage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-28.md
- 19-11-29, Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; liability and penalty applicable to person or entity providing access to coverage and insurers, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-29.md
- 19-11-30, Confidentiality of information and records; safeguards against unauthorized use, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.md
- 19-11-30.1, Bank Match Registry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.1.md
- 19-11-30.2, Information from financial institutions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.2.md
- 19-11-30.3, Responsibility of Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.3.md
- 19-11-30.4, Disclosure of information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.4.md
- 19-11-30.5, Failure of financial institution to comply, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.5.md
- 19-11-30.6, Reciprocal agreements with other states, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.6.md
- 19-11-30.7, Construction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.7.md
- 19-11-30.8, Annual reports, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.8.md
- 19-11-30.9, Information subject to disclosure; penalty, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.9.md
- 19-11-30.10, Authority to levy and seize deposit, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.10.md
- 19-11-30.11, Fee on levied accounts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-30.11.md
- 19-11-31, Joint Study Committee on Child Support, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-31.md
- 19-11-32, Process to collect delinquent support accounts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-32.md
- 19-11-33, Notice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-33.md
- 19-11-34, Verification; immunity from liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-34.md
- 19-11-35, Initiation of administrative action for levy; required information in notice to financial institution, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-35.md
- 19-11-36, Required information in notice to obligor, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-36.md
- 19-11-37, Challenges to levy; mistakes; procedures; reimbursement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-37.md
- 19-11-38, Required financial institution action, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-38.md
- 19-11-39, Computerized central case registry for support orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-39.md
- 19-11-40, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-40.md
- 19-11-40.1, Effective date for application of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-40.1.md
- 19-11-41, Purposes of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-41.md
- 19-11-42, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-42.md
- 19-11-43, Duty of support defined; criteria for determining existence of duty of support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-43.md
- 19-11-44, Declaration of reciprocating status of Canadian province or territory by Attorney General, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-44.md
- 19-11-45, Remedies cumulative, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-45.md
- 19-11-46, Liability of obligor in state not dependent on obligee’s presence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-46.md
- 19-11-47, Support proceedings when obligor and obligee are found in different counties of state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-47.md
- 19-11-48, When extradition of obligor authorized; how extradition avoided; petition; temporary order of support; delivery of copies of order; suspension of extradition proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-48.md
- 19-11-49, Choice of law for determining duties of support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-49.md
- 19-11-50, Remedies of state or political subdivision furnishing support; court orders for present or future support not to be jeopardized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-50.md
- 19-11-51, Duties enforceable by petition; jurisdiction; venue, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-51.md
- 19-11-52, Contents of petition; when cause of action arises, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-52.md
- 19-11-53, Representation of petitioner by district attorney; fees; monthly collection reports; payment to county for services; clerk’s fees, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-53.md
- 19-11-54, By whom petition for minor obligee brought; guardian ad litem not necessary, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-54.md
- 19-11-55, Duty of court of this state when acting as initiating state; transmittal of copies of petition, certificate, and article; monetary recommendation to Canadian court, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-55.md
- 19-11-56, Payment of costs and fees by state; issuance of execution to reimburse state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-56.md
- 19-11-57, When respondent’s arrest authorized, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-57.md
- 19-11-58, Department of Human Services designated state information agency; duties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-58.md
- 19-11-59, Payment of district attorney’s fee, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-59.md
- 19-11-60, Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-60.md
- 19-11-61, Procedure when responding court unable to obtain jurisdiction; cooperation of police in locating respondent; transfer of documents upon location of respondent or his property, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-61.md
- 19-11-62, Discovery procedures, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-62.md
- 19-11-63, Order of support or reimbursement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-63.md
- 19-11-64, Transmittal of copy of order to initiating state, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-64.md
- 19-11-65, Power of court to assure compliance with orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-65.md
- 19-11-66, Determination of paternity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-66.md
- 19-11-67, Transmittal of payments to court of initiating state; certified statement of payments made by respondent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-67.md
- 19-11-68, Duty of court of initiating state to disburse payments received, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-68.md
- 19-11-69, Spouses competent and compellable to testify, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-69.md
- 19-11-70, Rules of evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-70.md
- 19-11-71, Previous support orders not superseded; how payments credited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-71.md
- 19-11-72, Jurisdiction in other proceedings not conferred, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-72.md
- 19-11-73, Construction of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-73.md
- 19-11-74, Temporary order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-74.md
- 19-11-75, Right of appeal; effect of appeal on order of support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-75.md
- 19-11-76, Additional remedies on foreign support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-76.md
- 19-11-77, Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-77.md
- 19-11-78, Application of Code Section 19-11-53, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-78.md
- 19-11-79, Registration procedure — Transmittal of documents to district attorney; filing; notice; docketing, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-79.md
- 19-11-80, Registration procedure — Hearing; defenses; grounds for stay; entry of order as registration; county’s entitlement to fee; through whom payments made, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-80.md
- 19-11-81, Effect of registration of foreign support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-81.md
- 19-11-82, Construction of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-82.md
- 19-11-100, Short title, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-100.md
- 19-11-101, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-101.md
- 19-11-102, Designated tribunals; support enforcement agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-102.md
- 19-11-103, Nature of remedies, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-103.md
- 19-11-104, Applicability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-104.md
- 19-11-110, Jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-110.md
- 19-11-111, Personal jurisdiction continues while Georgia tribunal retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-111.md
- 19-11-112, Authority of tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-112.md
- 19-11-113, Limitation on jurisdiction of Georgia tribunal if action filed in another state or foreign country, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-113.md
- 19-11-114, Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-114.md
- 19-11-115, Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-115.md
- 19-11-116, Governing tribunal when conflicting orders; determination of controlling order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-116.md
- 19-11-117, Enforcement of two or more child support orders, at least one of which was issued by another state or foreign country, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-117.md
- 19-11-118, Crediting of amounts collected, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-118.md
- 19-11-119, Evidentiary issues outside state; application, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-119.md
- 19-11-119.1, Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-119.1.md
- 19-11-120, Application of part; initiation of a proceeding, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-120.md
- 19-11-121, Representative for minor parent, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-121.md
- 19-11-122, Governing law and procedure for responding Georgia tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-122.md
- 19-11-123, Information to be provided to responding tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-123.md
- 19-11-124, Receipt of petition of pleading by responding Georgia tribunal; action authorized; limitations; foreign currency conversion, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-124.md
- 19-11-125, Receipt by inappropriate tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-125.md
- 19-11-126, Support enforcement agency’s services; determining controlling order; foreign currency conversion; enforcement of support order and income withholding order of another state; absence of fiduciary relationship, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-126.md
- 19-11-127, Authority of Attorney General, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-127.md
- 19-11-128, Employment of private counsel, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-128.md
- 19-11-129, State information agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-129.md
- 19-11-130, Filing of petition to establish, register, or modify support order; required information; relief sought, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-130.md
- 19-11-131, Nondisclosure of identifying information when health, safety, or liberty at risk; disclosure of information in the interest of justice, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-131.md
- 19-11-132, Fees and costs, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-132.md
- 19-11-133, Personal jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-133.md
- 19-11-134, Defense of nonparentage, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-134.md
- 19-11-135, Physical presence of individual nonresident party not required; admissible evidence, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-135.md
- 19-11-136, Communication between tribunals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-136.md
- 19-11-137, Tribunal’s authority to accomplish discovery, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-137.md
- 19-11-138, Disbursement of funds; redirecting payments, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-138.md
- 19-11-140, Authority of tribunal upon failure to issue support order; temporary child support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-140.md
- 19-11-141, Responding tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-141.md
- 19-11-150, Issuance of income withholding orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-150.md
- 19-11-151, Obligation of employer upon receipt of income withholding order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-151.md
- 19-11-152, Receipt of two or more income withholding orders, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-152.md
- 19-11-153, Employer’s civil liability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-153.md
- 19-11-154, Penalties for employer’s noncompliance, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-154.md
- 19-11-155, Contesting of order from another tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-155.md
- 19-11-156, Enforcement of orders issued by another state or foreign country, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-156.md
- 19-11-160, Registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-160.md
- 19-11-161, Requirements for registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country; other filings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-161.md
- 19-11-162, Filing in Georgia tribunal required for registration; enforcement; modification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-162.md
- 19-11-163, Governing law; statute of limitations; application of procedural and remedial law of Georgia; prospective application of law of other state or foreign country, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-163.md
- 19-11-164, Notification to nonregistering party and obligor’s employer, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-164.md
- 19-11-165, Contesting the validity of registered support order by nonregistering party, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-165.md
- 19-11-166, Burden of proof in contesting validity of registered support order; stays, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-166.md
- 19-11-167, Effect of confirmation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-167.md
- 19-11-168, Petitions for modification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-168.md
- 19-11-169, Enforcement pending modification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-169.md
- 19-11-170, Requirements for modification; effect on jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-170.md
- 19-11-171, Recognition of modification by another tribunal, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-171.md
- 19-11-172, Jurisdiction; application of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-172.md
- 19-11-173, Filing requirement for modified order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-173.md
- 19-11-174, Jurisdiction to modify child support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-174.md
- 19-11-175, Registration of foreign child support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-175.md
- 19-11-180, Definitions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-180.md
- 19-11-181, Applicability of part, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-181.md
- 19-11-182, Department of Human Services recognized as designated agency, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-182.md
- 19-11-183, Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-183.md
- 19-11-184, Filing direct requests; entitlement to assistance; preference for simplified and expeditious processes, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.md
- 19-11-184.1, Request for registration, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.1.md
- 19-11-184.2, Contest of registered convention support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.2.md
- 19-11-184.3, Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.3.md
- 19-11-184.4, Option to enforce portions of convention support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.4.md
- 19-11-184.5, Recognition and enforcement of foreign support agreement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.5.md
- 19-11-184.6, Modification of convention child support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.6.md
- 19-11-184.7, Personal information, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.7.md
- 19-11-184.8, Language, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-184.8.md
- 19-11-185, “Governor” defined; authority, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-185.md
- 19-11-186, Prosecutor’s duties upon request by governor; rendition, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-186.md
- 19-11-190, Construction of article; uniformity, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-190.md
- 19-11-190.1, Effective date, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-190.1.md
- 19-11-191, Severability, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-191.md
- 19-11-192, Construction of article, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-11-192.md