19-11-183. Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings.

In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Human Services shall:#

1. (1)

   Transmit and receive applications; and#

2. (2)

   Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of Georgia.#

The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:#

1. (1)

   Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;#

2. (2)

   Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in Georgia;#

3. (3)

   Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;#

4. (4)

   Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection (b) of Code Section 19-11-184.3;#

5. (5)

   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and#

6. (6)

   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.#

The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:#

1. (1)

   Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of Georgia;#

2. (2)

   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and#

3. (3)

   Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.#

A tribunal of Georgia may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention.#