Recognition of Modification by Another Tribunal

  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. Recognition of Modification by Another Tribunal

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If a child support order issued by a tribunal in Georgia is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article, a tribunal of Georgia:

  1. May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
  2. May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
  3. Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

(Code 1981, §19-11-171, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)


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