O.C.G.A. § 19-11-115: Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 19 Domestic Relations
- CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support
- Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- PART 2 Jurisdiction; Cooperation Between States
(a) A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article; or
(2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal in Georgia having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
Collected 2026-09-17T19:34:57Z. Source file · JSON