Transmittal of Payments to Court of Initiating State; Certified Statement of Payments Made by Respondent

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Enforcement of Duty of Support
5. Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
6. Transmittal of Payments to Court of Initiating State; Certified Statement of Payments Made by Respondent

A court of this state, when acting as a responding state, shall have the following duties, which may be carried out through the community supervision office, juvenile probation office, or probation office under the authority of Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 for the court:

1. Upon the receipt of a payment made by the respondent pursuant to any order of the court or otherwise, to transmit the same forthwith to the court of the initiating state; and
2. Upon request, to furnish to the court of the initiating state a certified statement of all payments made by the respondent.

(Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 22; Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 5-45/HB 310.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 6-1/HB 310, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment by this Act shall apply to sentences entered on or after July 1, 2015.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2015 amendment of this Code section, see 32 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 231 (2015).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cooperation of out-of-state courts cannot be compelled beyond terms of reciprocal law.

- Courts of this state have no control over processes of courts of initiating state and cannot compel cooperation beyond bounds of substantially similar terms of its reciprocal law. Thibadeau v. Thibadeau, 133 Ga. App. 154, 210 S.E.2d 340 (1974).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 78.

C.J.S.

- 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 204 et seq.

U.L.A.

- Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 27.

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