Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Support Agreement

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Enforcement of Duty of Support
5. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
6. Determination of Parentage
7. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Support Agreement

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, a tribunal of Georgia shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state.
2. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
   1. A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
   2. A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
3. A tribunal of Georgia may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
4. In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of Georgia may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
   1. Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
   2. The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
   3. The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this state, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this article in Georgia; or
   4. The record submitted under subsection (b) of this Code section lacks authenticity or integrity.
5. A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.

(Code 1981, §19-11-184.5, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)

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