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title: Title 19, Chapter 6. Alimony and Child Support
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date: 2025
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heading: ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT
title_heading: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
section_count: 44
full_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6.md?full=1
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# Title 19, Chapter 6. Alimony and Child Support

Title 19. Domestic Relations

44 sections. Each line is `citation, catchline, status, URL`; the text of every section, in order, is at https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6.md?full=1 (capped, with a pointer to continue).

- 19-6-1, Alimony defined; when authorized; how determined; lien on estate of party dying prior to order; certain changes in parties’ assets prohibited, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-1.md
- 19-6-2, Attorney’s fees; when and how granted; enforcement, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-2.md
- 19-6-3, Temporary alimony; petition and hearing; factors considered; discretion of judge; revision and enforcement of order; effect of failure to comply, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-3.md
- 19-6-4, When permanent alimony authorized; how enforced, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-4.md
- 19-6-5, Factors in determining amount of alimony; effect of remarriage on obligations for alimony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-5.md
- 19-6-6, Liability after grant of alimony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-6.md
- 19-6-7, Interest in deceased party’s estate after grant of permanent alimony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-7.md
- 19-6-8, Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse — Agreement for support as bar to alimony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-8.md
- 19-6-9, Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse — Equity may compel support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-9.md
- 19-6-10, Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse — Petition for alimony or child support when no divorce pending — Order and enforcement; equitable remedies; effect of filing for divorce, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-10.md
- 19-6-11, Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse — Petition for alimony or child support when no divorce pending — Appeals, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-11.md
- 19-6-12, Voluntary separation, abandonment, or driving off of spouse — Effect of subsequent cohabitation between spouses on permanent alimony, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-12.md
- 19-6-13, Liability of parents for necessaries furnished to children pending voluntary provision or court order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-13.md
- 19-6-14, Child support and custody pending final divorce; liability to third persons for necessaries, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-14.md
- 19-6-15, Child support guidelines for determining amount of award; continuation of duty of support; duration of support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-15.md
- 19-6-15.1, Support proceedings for dependent adult children, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-15.1.md
- 19-6-15.2, Determination of support for dependent adult children, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-15.2.md
- 19-6-16, Enforcement of child support orders, decrees, or verdicts, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-16.md
- 19-6-17, Application for child support when custody awarded to nonparent or noncustodial parent was not subject to divorce court’s jurisdiction; procedure; enforcement; judgment, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-17.md
- 19-6-18, Revision of judgment for permanent alimony and child support rendered prior to July 1, 1977; petition and hearing; expenses of litigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-18.md
- 19-6-19, Revision of judgment for permanent alimony generally — Petition and hearing; cohabitation with third party as ground for revision; attorney’s fees; temporary modification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-19.md
- 19-6-20, Revision of judgment for permanent alimony, generally — Issues for court to consider, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-20.md
- 19-6-21, Revision of judgment for permanent alimony — Not available in case of lump sum award, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-21.md
- 19-6-22, Revision of judgment for permanent alimony — Expenses of litigation, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-22.md
- 19-6-23, Applicability of Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 through 19-6-22 to judgments on or after March 9, 1955, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-23.md
- 19-6-24, Applicability of Code Section 19-6-18 or Code Sections 19-6-19 through 19-6-22 to judgments prior to March 9, 1955, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-24.md
- 19-6-25, Revision of judgments for permanent alimony entered prior to March 9, 1955, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-25.md
- 19-6-26, Jurisdiction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-26.md
- 19-6-27, Application for permanent alimony or child support after grant of foreign divorce decree; venue; hearing; review; modification, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-27.md
- 19-6-28, Enforcement of orders; contempt; service of rule nisi by mail; rule nisi form, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-28.md
- 19-6-28.1, Suspension of, or denial of application or renewal of, license for noncompliance with child support order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-28.1.md
- 19-6-29, Inclusion of accident and sickness insurance coverage in order for child support; payroll deductions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-29.md
- 19-6-30, Collection of child support by continuing garnishment; child or spouse support subject to income deduction, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-30.md
- 19-6-31, Definitions, reserved (no version in force today), https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-31.md
- 19-6-32, Entering income withholding order or medical support notice for award of child support; when order or notice effective; hearing on order, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-32.md
- 19-6-33, Notice and service of income withholding order; hearing on enforcement of order; discharge of obligor; penalties, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-33.md
- 19-6-33.1, Family support registry, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-33.1.md
- 19-6-34, Inclusion of life insurance in order of support, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-34.md
- 19-6-35, Child support obligee regarded as creditor for attacking certain judgments and transactions, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-35.md
- 19-6-36, Judgment or lien surviving death; procedure and rights, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-36.md
- 19-6-50, Creation; responsibilities, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-50.md
- 19-6-51, Members; terms; chairperson, other officers, and committees; staffing and funding, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-51.md
- 19-6-52, Meetings; members’ expenses, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-52.md
- 19-6-53, Duties; powers; authorization to retain professional services, active, https://georgiacommons.org/code/19-6-53.md