Application of Part; Initiation of a Proceeding

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  7. Application of Part; Initiation of a Proceeding

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  1. Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.
  2. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.

(Code 1981, §19-11-120, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 27C C.J.S., Divorce, § 1137 et seq.


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