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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-6-14. Child support and custody pending final divorce; liability to third persons for necessaries.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-6-14. Child support and custody pending final divorce; liability to third persons for necessaries.

Pending a final judgment in an action for divorce, the judge presiding may grant as temporary child support a sum sufficient for the support of the children of the parties in accordance with Code Section 19-6-15. The judge may also hear and determine who shall be entitled to the care and custody of the children until the final judgment in the case. If a sum is awarded for the support of the children, the party who is required to pay the support shall not be liable to third persons for necessaries furnished to the children.

## History

Ga. L. 1870, p. 413, § 1; Code 1873, § 1741; Code 1882, § 1741; Civil Code 1895, § 2461; Civil Code 1910, § 2980; Code 1933, § 30-206; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 11; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-2/SB 137.

## Law Reviews

For note discussing Georgia’s child support laws, their problems, and some proposed solutions, see 11 Ga. L. Rev. 387 (1977).

For article, “Tax Aspects of Divorce and Separation and the Innocent Spouse Rules,” see 3 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 201 (1987).