Upon registration, the registered foreign support order shall be treated in the same manner as a support order issued by a court of this state. It has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for modifying, vacating, or staying as a support order of this state and may be enforced and satisfied in like manner.
(Ga. L. 1979, p. 938, § 1.)
Law reviews.- For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia's divorce, alimony and child custody laws for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (1979).
ARTICLE 3 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Law reviews.
- For article commenting on the enactment of this article, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997). For article, "Georgia's Constitutional Scheme for State Appellate Jurisdiction," see 6 Ga. St. B.J. 24 (2001).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Act does not apply retroactively.
- Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq., cannot be applied retroactively because of the language in its effective date (O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40.1). Georgia Dep't of Human Resources v. Deason, 238 Ga. App. 853, 520 S.E.2d 712 (1999).
RESEARCH REFERENCESInterstate Enforcement of Child Support Orders, 37 Am. Jur. Trials 639.
C.J.S.- 27C C.J.S., Divorce, § 1137 et seq.
PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS