Filing in Georgia Tribunal Required for Registration; Enforcement; Modification

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Domestic Relations
  4. Enforcement of Duty of Support
  5. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  6. Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration
  7. Filing in Georgia Tribunal Required for Registration; Enforcement; Modification

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  1. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of Georgia.
  2. A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal in Georgia.
  3. Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal in Georgia shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

(Code 1981, §19-11-162, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)


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