§ 19-11-191. Severability
If any provision of this article or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable. History. Code 1981, § […]
§ 19-11-182. Department of Human Services Recognized as Designated Agency
The Department of Human Services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention. History. Code 1981, § 19-11-182 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.
§ 19-12-1. Petition for Name Change; Request by Victim of Family Violence or Human Trafficking; Notice of Filing; Consent of Minor’s Parents or Guardian
As used in this Code section, the term: “Abandoned” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 15-11-2. “Child” means an unemancipated individual who is under 18 years of age. “Family violence” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Code Section 19-13-1. “Human trafficking” means an offense provided for under […]
§ 19-11-183. Duties of Department of Human Services; Available Support Proceedings
In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Human Services shall: Transmit and receive applications; and Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of Georgia. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support […]
§ 19-11-184. Filing Direct Requests; Entitlement to Assistance; Preference for Simplified and Expeditious Processes
A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of Georgia applies. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Code Sections 19-11-184.1 through […]
§ 19-11-184.1. Request for Registration
Except as otherwise provided in this part, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in Part 6 of this article. Notwithstanding Code Sections 19-11-130 and subsection (a) of Code Section 19-11-161, a request for registration […]
§ 19-11-184.2. Contest of Registered Convention Support Order
Except as otherwise provided in this part, Code Sections 19-11-164 through 19-11-167 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United […]
§ 19-11-184.3. Grounds for Refusal of Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a tribunal of Georgia shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of Georgia may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support order: Recognition and enforcement of the order is […]
§ 19-11-168. Petitions for Modification
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in Georgia in the same manner provided in Code Sections 19-11-160 through 19-11-167 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the […]
§ 19-11-169. Enforcement Pending Modification
A tribunal of Georgia may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of Georgia, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of Code Section 19-11-170 or 19-11-172 have been met. […]