19-11-124. Receipt of petition of pleading by responding Georgia tribunal; action authorized; limitations; foreign currency conversion.

When a responding tribunal of Georgia receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 19-11-120, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.#

A responding tribunal of Georgia, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:#

1. (1)

   Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or determine parentage of a child;#

2. (2)

   Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;#

3. (3)

   Order income withholding;#

4. (4)

   Determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;#

5. (5)

   Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;#

6. (6)

   Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;#

7. (7)

   Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property;#

8. (8)

   Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, e-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;#

9. (9)

   Issue an order for the arrest of an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the arrest order in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;#

10. (10)

    Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;#

11. (11)

    Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and#

12. (12)

    Grant any other available remedy.#

A responding tribunal of Georgia shall include in a support order issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.#

A responding tribunal of Georgia may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.#

If a responding tribunal of Georgia issues an order under this article, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.#

If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of Georgia shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.#