2020 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support
Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act
§ 19-11-23. Authority of District Attorneys
- The district attorneys of this state shall be authorized to render such assistance to the department as the department may request and to file and prosecute, in any of the several courts of this state or of the United States, such civil or criminal actions on behalf of the department as may be necessary to ensure the proper enforcement of this article.
- When acting pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, the district attorney shall represent the department and the department shall be the sole client of the district attorney.
(Ga. L. 1977, p. 722, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 1816, § 3; Ga. L. 1989, p. 861, § 7; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1833, § 5.)
Cross references.- Supplemental compensation for district attorney rendering assistance under section, § 15-18-11.
Law reviews.- For note on 1989 amendment to this Code section, see 6 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 227 (1989).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Boone v. State, Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Carter, 250 Ga. 379, 297 S.E.2d 727 (1982); Cox v. Department of Human Resources, 174 Ga. App. 377, 330 S.E.2d 120 (1985); Neal v. State, 182 Ga. App. 37, 354 S.E.2d 664 (1987).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Employment of personnel by district attorney not specifically authorized.
- Statute constitutes specific authorization for district attorneys to provide assistance to the Department of Human Resources but does not specifically authorize the district attorney to employ personnel for that purpose. 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U79-12.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, § 111.
