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