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2020 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support
Article 3 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Part 2 - Jurisdiction; Cooperation Between States
§ 19-11-115. Initiating Tribunal; Responding Tribunal
Universal Citation: GA Code § 19-11-115 (2020)
- A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
- The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article; or
- A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
- A tribunal in Georgia having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
(Code 1981, §19-11-115, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
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