{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-184.6","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 19-11-184.6","heading":"Modification of convention child support order.","body":"(a) A tribunal of Georgia may not modify a convention child support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:\n(1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of Georgia, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or\n(2) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.\n(b) If a tribunal of Georgia does not modify a convention child support order because the order is not recognized in this state, subsection (c) of Code Section 19-11-184.3 applies.","path":["TITLE 19 Domestic Relations","CHAPTER 11 Enforcement of Duty of Support","Article 3 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","PART 7 Determination of Parentage"],"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":"a6d358a77b34e23e243f4dc589db750ee8be067449a1c7a75edf970e8aea3231","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-184.5","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-19-11-184.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}