Jurisdiction; Application of Article

  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. Jurisdiction; Application of Article

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  1. If all of the parties who are individuals reside in Georgia and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal in Georgia has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.
  2. A tribunal in Georgia exercising jurisdiction as provided in this Code section shall apply the provisions of Parts 1 and 2 of this article and the procedural and substantive law of Georgia to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Parts 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 of this article do not apply.

(Code 1981, §19-11-172, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)


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