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Georgia · Snapshot Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-119.1: Spousal support order; modification; initiating tribunal to request enforcement; responding tribunal to enforce or modify order.

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  1. TITLE 19 Domestic Relations
  2. CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support
  3. Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  4. PART 2 Jurisdiction; Cooperation Between States

(a) A tribunal of Georgia issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of Georgia has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(b) A tribunal of Georgia may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(c) A tribunal of Georgia that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:

(1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or

(2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

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