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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Chapter 6. ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

19-6-29. Inclusion of accident and sickness insurance coverage in order for child support; payroll deductions.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    In any case before the court involving child support, the court may inquire into the availability of accident and sickness insurance coverage to any person obligated to support and, if such coverage is reasonably available, may include in the order of support provision for such coverage.#

  2. (b)

    Any order of support of a child entered or modified on or after July 1, 1992, which includes provision for accident and sickness insurance may include a provision for payroll deduction of an amount which is sufficient to provide for the payment of premiums of such accident and sickness insurance.#

  3. (c)

    An order for payroll deduction entered pursuant to subsection (b) of this Code section shall be consistent with the provisions of Code Sections 19-6-30 through 19-6-33.1.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 19-6-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 785, § 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1264, § 1; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-10/SB 137.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t18-t19-(v16)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V16, 2022 edition, pages 611 to 612; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 eddc877da9f2.