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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-6-16. Enforcement of child support orders, decrees, or verdicts.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-6-16. Enforcement of child support orders, decrees, or verdicts.

Orders, decrees, or verdicts, permanent or temporary, in favor of the children may be enforced as those in favor of a party.

## History

Ga. L. 1870, p. 413, § 3; Code 1873, § 1743; Code 1882, § 1743; Civil Code 1895, § 2463; Civil Code 1910, § 2982; Code 1933, § 30-208; Ga. L. 1979, p. 466, § 13.