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O.C.G.A. § 19-6-30

Collection of child support by continuing garnishment; child or spouse support subject to income deduction

Code 1981, § 19-6-30, enacted by Ga

(a) Any order of support of a child entered or modified on or after July 1, 1985, shall contain the following provision:

“Whenever, in violation of the terms of this order there shall have been a failure to make the support payments due hereunder so that the amount unpaid is equal to or greater than the amount payable for one month, the payments required to be made may be collected by the process of continuing garnishment for support.”

(b) All cases involving orders of support of a child or spouse being enforced by the entity within the Department of Human Services and its contractors that are authorized to enforce support orders shall be subject to income deduction orders as set forth in Code Sections 19-6-32

through 19-6-33.1.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.