Chapter

Chapter 11

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1— Short title
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-2— Purposes of article; construction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-3— Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-4— Application of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-5— Debt to state created by payment of public assistance; amount of debt; waiver, reduction, or negotiation of certain repayments
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-6— Enforcement of child support payments and alimony for public assistance recipients
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-7— Enforcement of support payments for dependent minor child public assistance recipients; attorney’s fees; interest on judgment; limited scope of action
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-8— Department’s duty to enforce support of abandoned minor public assistance recipient; scope of action
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-9— Putative father registry; location of absent parents by department; assistance of other governmental agencies; use of information obtained
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-9.1— Duty to furnish information about obligor to department; use of information obtained; penalty for noncompliance
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-9.2— Duty of employers to report employee hiring or rehiring
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-9.3— Suspension or denial of license for noncompliance with child support order; interagency agreements; report to General Assembly; duty to inform obligors
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-10— Investigation to determine ability to support; notification of parent; information forms; penalty for falsify- ing parents’ report
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-11— Department subpoenas; court order requiring compliance
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-12— Review of orders for child support; review procedures; order adjusting support award amount; no release from liability due to subsequent financial obligation
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-13— Determination of paternity; acknowledgment under oath; legal proceedings
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-14— Father’s liability for support of child born out of wedlock; full faith and credit to paternity determination by another state
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-15— Voluntary support agreement; notice and hearing; notice of final determination
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-15.1— Information required to be given to individuals receiving services
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-16— Periodic redeterminations and reinvestigations
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-17— Redetermination at request of parent; time for hearing
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-18— Collection procedures; notice; judicial review
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-19— Garnishment and income deduction orders; notice and hearing; procedure; liability of employer
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-20— Wage assignments
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-21— Payment of support to department
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-22— Article not exclusive
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-23— Authority of district attorneys
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-24— Conformity with federal law intended; adoption of necessary regulations authorized
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-25— Availability of information about overdue support to consumer reporting agency; notice to debtor parent; fee
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-26— Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; order requiring medical support
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-27— Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; National Medical Support Notice or other notice of enrollment; establishment of coverage
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-28— Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; authorization of payments of benefits; notice of termination; immunity from liability of person or entity providing access to coverage
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-29— Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; liability and penalty applicable to person or entity providing access to coverage and insurers
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30— Confidentiality of information and records; safeguards against unauthorized use
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.1— Bank Match Registry
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.2— Information from financial institutions
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.3— Responsibility of Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.4— Disclosure of information
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.5— Failure of financial institution to comply
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.6— Reciprocal agreements with other states
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.7— Construction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.8— Annual reports
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.9— Information subject to disclosure; penalty
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.10— Authority to levy and seize deposit
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-30.11— Fee on levied accounts
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-31— [Reserved] Joint Study Committee on Child Support
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-32— Process to collect delinquent support accounts
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-33— Notice
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-34— Verification; immunity from liability
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-35— Initiation of administrative action for levy; required information in notice to financial institution
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-36— Required information in notice to obligor
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-37— Challenges to levy; mistakes; procedures; reimbursement
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-38— Required financial institution action
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-39— Computerized central case registry for support orders
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40— Short title
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40.1— Effective date for application of article
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-41— Purposes of article
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-42— Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-43— Duty of support defined; criteria for determining existence of duty of support
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-44— Declaration of reciprocating status of Canadian province or territory by Attorney General
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-45— Remedies cumulative
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-46— Liability of obligor in state not dependent on obligee’s presence
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-47— Support proceedings when obligor and obligee are found in different counties of state
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-48— When extradition of obligor authorized; how extradition avoided; petition; temporary order of support; delivery of copies of order; suspension of extradition proceedings
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-49— Choice of law for determining duties of support
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-50— Remedies of state or political subdivision furnishing support; court orders for present or future support not to be jeopardized
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-51— Duties enforceable by petition; jurisdiction; venue
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-52— Contents of petition; when cause of action arises
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-53— Representation of petitioner by district attorney; fees; monthly collection reports; payment to county for services; clerk’s fees
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-54— By whom petition for minor obligee brought; guardian ad litem not necessary
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-55— Duty of court of this state when acting as initiating state; transmittal of copies of petition, certificate, and article; monetary recommendation to Canadian court
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-56— Payment of costs and fees by state; issuance of execution to reimburse state
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-57— When respondent’s arrest authorized
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-58— Department of Human Services designated state information agency; duties
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-59— Payment of district attorney’s fee
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-60— Duty of court of this state when acting as responding state
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-61— Procedure when responding court unable to obtain jurisdiction; cooperation of police in locating respondent; transfer of documents upon location of respondent or his property
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-62— Discovery procedures
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-63— Order of support or reimbursement
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-64— Transmittal of copy of order to initiating state
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-65— Power of court to assure compliance with orders
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-66— Determination of paternity
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-67— Transmittal of payments to court of initiating state; certified statement of payments made by respondent
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-68— Duty of court of initiating state to disburse payments received
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-69— Spouses competent and compellable to testify
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-70— Rules of evidence
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-71— Previous support orders not superseded; how payments credited
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-72— Jurisdiction in other proceedings not conferred
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-73— Construction of article
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-74— Temporary order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-75— Right of appeal; effect of appeal on order of support
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-76— Additional remedies on foreign support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-77— Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-78— Application of Code Section 19-11-53
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-79— Registration procedure — Transmittal of documents to district attorney; filing; notice; docketing
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-80— Registration procedure — Hearing; defenses; grounds for stay; entry of order as registration; county’s entitlement to fee; through whom payments made
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-81— Effect of registration of foreign support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100— Short title
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-101— Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-102— Designated tribunals; support enforcement agency
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-103— Nature of remedies
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-104— Applicability
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-110— Jurisdiction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-111— Personal jurisdiction continues while Georgia tribunal retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-112— Authority of tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-113— Limitation on jurisdiction of Georgia tribunal if action filed in another state or foreign country
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-114— Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-115— Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-116— Governing tribunal when conflicting orders; determination of controlling order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-117— Enforcement of two or more child support orders, at least one of which was issued by another state or foreign country
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-118— Crediting of amounts collected
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-119— Evidentiary issues outside state; application
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-119.1— Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-120— Application of part; initiation of a proceeding
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-121— Representative for minor parent
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-122— Governing law and procedure for responding Georgia tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-123— Information to be provided to responding tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-124— Receipt of petition of pleading by responding Georgia tribunal; action authorized; limitations; foreign currency conversion
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-125— Receipt by inappropriate tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-126— Support enforcement agency’s services; determining controlling order; foreign currency conversion; enforcement of support order and income withholding order of another state; absence of fiduciary relationship
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-127— Authority of Attorney General
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-128— Employment of private counsel
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-129— State information agency
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-130— Filing of petition to establish, register, or modify support order; required information; relief sought
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-131— Nondisclosure of identifying information when health, safety, or liberty at risk; disclosure of information in the interest of justice
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-132— Fees and costs
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-133— Personal jurisdiction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-134— Defense of nonparentage
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-135— Physical presence of individual nonresident party not required; admissible evidence
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-136— Communication between tribunals
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-137— Tribunal’s authority to accomplish discovery
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-138— Disbursement of funds; redirecting payments
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-140— Authority of tribunal upon failure to issue support order; temporary child support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-141— Responding tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-150— Issuance of income-withholding orders
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-151— Obligation of employer upon receipt of income-withholding order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-152— Receipt of two or more income-withholding orders
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-153— Employer’s civil liability
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-154— Penalties for employer’s noncompliance
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-155— Contesting of order from another tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-156— Enforcement of orders issued by another state or foreign country
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-160— Registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-161— Requirements for registration of orders issued by another state or foreign country; other filings
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-162— Filing in Georgia tribunal required for registration; enforcement; modification
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-163— Governing law; statute of limitations; application of procedural and remedial law of Georgia; prospective application of law of other state or foreign country
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-164— Notification to nonregistering party and obligor’s employer
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-165— Contesting the validity of registered support order by nonregistering party
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-166— Burden of proof in contesting validity of registered support order; stays
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-167— Effect of confirmation
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-168— Petitions for modification
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-169— Enforcement pending modification
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-170— Requirements for modification; effect on jurisdiction
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-171— Recognition of modification by another tribunal
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-172— Jurisdiction; application of article
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-173— Filing requirement for modified order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-174— Jurisdiction to modify child support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-175— Registration of foreign child support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-180— Definitions
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-181— Applicability of part
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-182— Department of Human Services recognized as designated agency
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-183— Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184— Filing direct requests; entitlement to assistance; preference for simplified and expeditious processes
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.1— Request for registration
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.2— Contest of registered convention support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.3— Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.4— Option to enforce portions of convention support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.5— Recognition and enforcement of foreign support agreement
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.6— Modification of convention child support order
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.7— Personal information
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.8— Language
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-185— “Governor” defined; authority
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-186— Prosecutor’s duties upon request by governor; rendition
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-190— Construction of article; uniformity
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-190.1— Effective date
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-191— Severability