Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order

  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 to Modify Child Support Order

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  1. Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-11-184.6, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of Georgia may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Code Section 19-11-170 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
  2. An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this Code section is the controlling order.

(Code 1981, §19-11-174, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)


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