{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-174","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-11-174","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify child support order.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 19-11-184.6, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of Georgia may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Code Section 19-11-170 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.\n(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this Code section is the controlling order.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support","Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","PART 6 Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After Registration"],"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":"13cd1151d92ac6207307a809ea7bdbcfe705e922488e2d081c6c579b0f11db21","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-173","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-175"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}