This article may be cited as the “Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.” History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 34. Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, §§ 29 and 30, not codified by the General Assembly, provide that judgments, decrees, or orders issued under the authority of laws utilized prior to initial passage […]
No new petition may be filed, nor may any type of proceeding be initiated, under this article on or after January 1, 1998. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any petitions filed or proceedings initiated on or after January 1, 1998, be governed by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, […]
The purposes of this article are to improve and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support and to make uniform the law with respect thereto. History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 1.
As used in this article, the term: “Certification” means certification in accordance with the laws of the certifying state. “Court” means the superior court of this state and, when the context requires, means the court of any other state as defined in a substantially similar reciprocal law. “Initiating state” means any state in which a […]
“Duty of support” includes any duty of support imposed or imposable by law or by any court order, decree, or judgment, whether interlocutory or final, and whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, judicial (legal) separation, separate maintenance, or otherwise; for purposes of this article, in determining the existence of a duty of support, the […]
Where the Attorney General is satisfied that reciprocal provisions will be made by any province or territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Attorney General may declare the province or territory to be a reciprocating state for the purpose of this article. Any such order declaring that a province or territory is a reciprocating state […]
The remedies provided in this article are in addition to and not in substitution of any other remedies. History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 3.
Duties of support arising under the law of this state, when applicable under Code Section 19-11-49, bind the obligor, present in this state, regardless of the presence or residence of the obligee. History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 4.
A proceeding to compel support under this article may be maintained where both the obligee and the obligor are residents of or are domiciled or found in different counties of this state. Whenever a proceeding under this article is so used, what has been written in other parts of this article as “initiating state” shall […]
The Governor of this state may: Demand from the governor of any other state the surrender of any person found in the other state who is charged in this state with the crime of failing to provide for the support of any person in this state; and Surrender, on demand by the governor of any […]
Duties of support applicable under this article are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state in which the obligor was present during the period for which support is sought. The obligor is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown. […]
Except as otherwise specified in subsection (b) of this Code section, whenever the state or a political subdivision thereof furnishes support to an obligee, it has the same right as the obligee to whom the support was furnished to invoke this article for the purpose of securing reimbursement of expenditures so made and of obtaining […]
All duties of support, including the duty to pay arrearages or reimbursement, are enforceable by petition irrespective of relationship between the obligor and obligee. Jurisdiction of all proceedings hereunder shall be vested in the superior courts of the various counties of this state. The petition must be commenced in the county of residence of the […]
The petition shall be verified and shall state the name and, so far as known to the petitioner, the address and circumstances of the respondent and the names of his dependents for whom support is sought and all other pertinent information. The petitioner may include in or attach to the petition any information which may […]
The district attorney of each superior court shall be authorized to represent the petitioner in any proceeding under this article. Otherwise, at the option of the district attorney, actions under this article shall be brought as provided in Article 1 of this chapter. The district attorney shall be authorized to require the completion of an […]
A petition on behalf of a minor obligee may be brought by a person having custody of the minor without appointment as guardian ad litem. History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 11.
If a court of this state, acting as an initiating state, finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be determined that the respondent owes a duty of support and that a court of the responding state may obtain jurisdiction of the respondent or his property, it shall so certify and shall […]
A court of this state, whether the state is acting as an initiating or a responding state, may, in its discretion, direct that any part of or all fees and costs incurred in this state, including, without limitation by enumeration, fees for filing, service of process, seizure of property, and stenographic service of both petitioner […]
When a court of this state, acting as an initiating state, has reason to believe that the respondent may flee the jurisdiction, it may request in its certificate that the court of the responding state obtain the body of the respondent by appropriate process, if that is permissible under the law of the responding state. […]
The Department of Human Services is designated as the state information agency under this article and it shall be its duty: To compile a list of the courts in this state having jurisdiction under this article and their addresses and to transmit the same to the state information agency of every other state which has […]
