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title: O.C.G.A. § 19-6-35. Child support obligee regarded as creditor for attacking certain judgments and transactions.
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# O.C.G.A. § 19-6-35. Child support obligee regarded as creditor for attacking certain judgments and transactions.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Child support obligee” means an individual to whom the payment of a child support obligation is owed and includes a custodial parent or caretaker of a child to whom such support obligation is to be paid or a governmental agency entitled by law to enforce a child support obligation on behalf of such parent, caretaker, or child.

(2) “Child support obligor” means an individual owing a duty of support to a child or children, whether or not such duty is evinced by a judgment, order, or decree.

(b) A child support obligee shall be regarded as a creditor, and a child support obligor shall be regarded as a debtor, as defined in Code Section 18-2-1, for the purposes of attacking as fraudulent a judgment, conveyance, transaction, or other arrangement interfering with the creditor’s rights, either at law or in equity.

## History

Code 1981, § 19-6-35, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 13.

## Law Reviews

For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).