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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT

177 sections · 19-11-1 to 19-11-192

Article 1. CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT

  1. 19-11-1Short title.
  2. 19-11-2Purposes of article; construction.
  3. 19-11-3Definitions.
  4. 19-11-4Application of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.”
  5. 19-11-5Debt to state created by payment of public assistance; amount of debt; waiver, reduction, or negotiation of certain repayments.
  6. 19-11-6Enforcement of child support payments and alimony for public assistance recipients.
  7. 19-11-7Enforcement of support payments for dependent minor child public assistance recipients; attorney’s fees; interest on judgment; limited scope of action.
  8. 19-11-8Department’s duty to enforce support of abandoned minor public assistance recipient; scope of action.
  9. 19-11-9Putative father registry; location of absent parents by department; assistance of other governmental agencies; use of information obtained.
  10. 19-11-9.1Duty to furnish information about obligor to department; use of information obtained; penalty for noncompliance.
  11. 19-11-9.2Duty of employers to report employee hiring or rehiring.
  12. 19-11-9.3Suspension or denial of license for noncompliance with child support order; interagency agreements; report to General Assembly; duty to inform obligors.
  13. 19-11-10Investigation to determine ability to support; notification of parent; information forms; penalty for falsifying parents’ report.
  14. 19-11-11Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance.
  15. 19-11-12Review of orders for child support; review procedures; order adjusting support award amount; no release from liability due to subsequent financial obligation.
  16. 19-11-13Determination of paternity; acknowledgment under oath; legal proceedings.
  17. 19-11-14Father’s liability for support of child born out of wedlock; full faith and credit to paternity determination by another state.
  18. 19-11-15Voluntary support agreement; notice and hearing; notice of final determination.
  19. 19-11-15.1Information required to be given to individuals receiving services.
  20. 19-11-16Periodic redeterminations and reinvestigations.
  21. 19-11-17Redetermination at request of parent; time for hearing.
  22. 19-11-18Collection procedures; notice; judicial review.
  23. 19-11-19Garnishment and income deduction orders; notice and hearing; procedure; liability of employer.
  24. 19-11-20Wage assignments.
  25. 19-11-21Payment of support to department.
  26. 19-11-22Article not exclusive.
  27. 19-11-23Authority of district attorneys.
  28. 19-11-24Conformity with federal law intended; adoption of necessary regulations authorized.
  29. 19-11-25Availability of information about overdue support to consumer reporting agency; notice to debtor parent; fee.
  30. 19-11-26Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; order requiring medical support.
  31. 19-11-27Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; National Medical Support Notice or other notice of enrollment; establishment of coverage.
  32. 19-11-28Accident 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.
  33. 19-11-29Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; liability and penalty applicable to person or entity providing access to coverage and insurers.
  34. 19-11-30Confidentiality of information and records; safeguards against unauthorized use.
  35. 19-11-30.1Bank Match Registry.
  36. 19-11-30.2Information from financial institutions.
  37. 19-11-30.3Responsibility of Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry.
  38. 19-11-30.4Disclosure of information.
  39. 19-11-30.5Failure of financial institution to comply.
  40. 19-11-30.6Reciprocal agreements with other states.
  41. 19-11-30.7Construction.
  42. 19-11-30.8Annual reports.
  43. 19-11-30.9Information subject to disclosure; penalty.
  44. 19-11-30.10Authority to levy and seize deposit.
  45. 19-11-30.11Fee on levied accounts.
  46. 19-11-31Joint Study Committee on Child Support.Reserved
  47. 19-11-32Process to collect delinquent support accounts.
  48. 19-11-33Notice.
  49. 19-11-34Verification; immunity from liability.
  50. 19-11-35Initiation of administrative action for levy; required information in notice to financial institution.
  51. 19-11-36Required information in notice to obligor.
  52. 19-11-37Challenges to levy; mistakes; procedures; reimbursement.
  53. 19-11-38Required financial institution action.
  54. 19-11-39Computerized central case registry for support orders.

Article 2. UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT

  1. 19-11-40Short title.
  2. 19-11-40.1Effective date for application of article.
  3. 19-11-41Purposes of article.
  4. 19-11-42Definitions.
  5. 19-11-43Duty of support defined; criteria for determining existence of duty of support.
  6. 19-11-44Declaration of reciprocating status of Canadian province or territory by Attorney General.
  7. 19-11-45Remedies cumulative.
  8. 19-11-46Liability of obligor in state not dependent on obligee’s presence.
  9. 19-11-47Support proceedings when obligor and obligee are found in different counties of state.
  10. 19-11-48When extradition of obligor authorized; how extradition avoided; petition; temporary order of support; delivery of copies of order; suspension of extradition proceedings.
  11. 19-11-49Choice of law for determining duties of support.
  12. 19-11-50Remedies of state or political subdivision furnishing support; court orders for present or future support not to be jeopardized.
  13. 19-11-51Duties enforceable by petition; jurisdiction; venue.
  14. 19-11-52Contents of petition; when cause of action arises.
  15. 19-11-53Representation of petitioner by district attorney; fees; monthly collection reports; payment to county for services; clerk’s fees.
  16. 19-11-54By whom petition for minor obligee brought; guardian ad litem not necessary.
  17. 19-11-55Duty of court of this state when acting as initiating state; transmittal of copies of petition, certificate, and article; monetary recommendation to Canadian court.
  18. 19-11-56Payment of costs and fees by state; issuance of execution to reimburse state.
  19. 19-11-57When respondent’s arrest authorized.
  20. 19-11-58Department of Human Services designated state information agency; duties.
  21. 19-11-59Payment of district attorney’s fee.
  22. 19-11-60Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state.
  23. 19-11-61Procedure when responding court unable to obtain jurisdiction; cooperation of police in locating respondent; transfer of documents upon location of respondent or his property.
  24. 19-11-62Discovery procedures.
  25. 19-11-63Order of support or reimbursement.
  26. 19-11-64Transmittal of copy of order to initiating state.
  27. 19-11-65Power of court to assure compliance with orders.
  28. 19-11-66Determination of paternity.
  29. 19-11-67Transmittal of payments to court of initiating state; certified statement of payments made by respondent.
  30. 19-11-68Duty of court of initiating state to disburse payments received.
  31. 19-11-69Spouses competent and compellable to testify.
  32. 19-11-70Rules of evidence.
  33. 19-11-71Previous support orders not superseded; how payments credited.
  34. 19-11-72Jurisdiction in other proceedings not conferred.
  35. 19-11-73Construction of article.
  36. 19-11-74Temporary order.
  37. 19-11-75Right of appeal; effect of appeal on order of support.
  38. 19-11-76Additional remedies on foreign support order.
  39. 19-11-77Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders.
  40. 19-11-78Application of Code Section 19-11-53.
  41. 19-11-79Registration procedure — Transmittal of documents to district attorney; filing; notice; docketing.
  42. 19-11-80Registration procedure — Hearing; defenses; grounds for stay; entry of order as registration; county’s entitlement to fee; through whom payments made.
  43. 19-11-81Effect of registration of foreign support order.
  44. 19-11-82Construction of article.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. 19-11-100Short title.
  2. 19-11-101Definitions.
  3. 19-11-102Designated tribunals; support enforcement agency.
  4. 19-11-103Nature of remedies.
  5. 19-11-104Applicability.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 2. JURISDICTION; COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES

  1. 19-11-110Jurisdiction.
  2. 19-11-111Personal jurisdiction continues while Georgia tribunal retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
  3. 19-11-112Authority of tribunal.
  4. 19-11-113Limitation on jurisdiction of Georgia tribunal if action filed in another state or foreign country.
  5. 19-11-114Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify support order.
  6. 19-11-115Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal.
  7. 19-11-116Governing tribunal when conflicting orders; determination of controlling order.
  8. 19-11-117Enforcement of two or more child support orders, at least one of which was issued by another state or foreign country.
  9. 19-11-118Crediting of amounts collected.
  10. 19-11-119Evidentiary issues outside state; application.
  11. 19-11-119.1Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 3. CIVIL PROVISIONS

  1. 19-11-120Application of part; initiation of a proceeding.
  2. 19-11-121Representative for minor parent.
  3. 19-11-122Governing law and procedure for responding Georgia tribunal.
  4. 19-11-123Information to be provided to responding tribunal.
  5. 19-11-124Receipt of petition of pleading by responding Georgia tribunal; action authorized; limitations; foreign currency conversion.
  6. 19-11-125Receipt by inappropriate tribunal.
  7. 19-11-126Support 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.
  8. 19-11-127Authority of Attorney General.
  9. 19-11-128Employment of private counsel.
  10. 19-11-129State information agency.
  11. 19-11-130Filing of petition to establish, register, or modify support order; required information; relief sought.
  12. 19-11-131Nondisclosure of identifying information when health, safety, or liberty at risk; disclosure of information in the interest of justice.
  13. 19-11-132Fees and costs.
  14. 19-11-133Personal jurisdiction.
  15. 19-11-134Defense of nonparentage.
  16. 19-11-135Physical presence of individual nonresident party not required; admissible evidence.
  17. 19-11-136Communication between tribunals.
  18. 19-11-137Tribunal’s authority to accomplish discovery.
  19. 19-11-138Disbursement of funds; redirecting payments.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER

  1. 19-11-140Authority of tribunal upon failure to issue support order; temporary child support order.
  2. 19-11-141Responding tribunal.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 5. DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION

  1. 19-11-150Issuance of income withholding orders.
  2. 19-11-151Obligation of employer upon receipt of income withholding order.
  3. 19-11-152Receipt of two or more income withholding orders.
  4. 19-11-153Employer’s civil liability.
  5. 19-11-154Penalties for employer’s noncompliance.
  6. 19-11-155Contesting of order from another tribunal.
  7. 19-11-156Enforcement of orders issued by another state or foreign country.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 6. ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION

  1. 19-11-160Registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country.
  2. 19-11-161Requirements for registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country; other filings.
  3. 19-11-162Filing in Georgia tribunal required for registration; enforcement; modification.
  4. 19-11-163Governing law; statute of limitations; application of procedural and remedial law of Georgia; prospective application of law of other state or foreign country.
  5. 19-11-164Notification to nonregistering party and obligor’s employer.
  6. 19-11-165Contesting the validity of registered support order by nonregistering party.
  7. 19-11-166Burden of proof in contesting validity of registered support order; stays.
  8. 19-11-167Effect of confirmation.
  9. 19-11-168Petitions for modification.
  10. 19-11-169Enforcement pending modification.
  11. 19-11-170Requirements for modification; effect on jurisdiction.
  12. 19-11-171Recognition of modification by another tribunal.
  13. 19-11-172Jurisdiction; application of article.
  14. 19-11-173Filing requirement for modified order.
  15. 19-11-174Jurisdiction to modify child support order.
  16. 19-11-175Registration of foreign child support order.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 7. DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

  1. 19-11-180Definitions.
  2. 19-11-181Applicability of part.
  3. 19-11-182Department of Human Services recognized as designated agency.
  4. 19-11-183Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings.
  5. 19-11-184Filing direct requests; entitlement to assistance; preference for simplified and expeditious processes.
  6. 19-11-184.1Request for registration.
  7. 19-11-184.2Contest of registered convention support order.
  8. 19-11-184.3Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
  9. 19-11-184.4Option to enforce portions of convention support order.
  10. 19-11-184.5Recognition and enforcement of foreign support agreement.
  11. 19-11-184.6Modification of convention child support order.
  12. 19-11-184.7Personal information.
  13. 19-11-184.8Language.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 8. INTERSTATE RENDITION

  1. 19-11-185“Governor” defined; authority.
  2. 19-11-186Prosecutor’s duties upon request by governor; rendition.

Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT · Part 9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  1. 19-11-190Construction of article; uniformity.
  2. 19-11-190.1Effective date.
  3. 19-11-191Severability.
  4. 19-11-192Construction of article.