GroundRules
O.C.G.A. § 19-11-155: Contesting of order from another 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 5 Direct Enforcement of Order of Another State Without Registration
(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in Georgia by registering the order in a tribunal of Georgia and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part 6 of this article, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of Georgia.
(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
(1) Any support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
(2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and
(3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.
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