{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-120","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-11-120","heading":"Application of part; initiation of a proceeding.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article.\n(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support","Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","PART 3 Civil Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.19.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"080632e47bfbe8f7ffcec5f1e9f786219bbe7ba894ee01344e3ee48896b8af09","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-119.1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}