As used in this chapter, the term “child support” includes all payments for the maintenance and education of dependent minor children which a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered to be paid pursuant to any temporary or final order of support, including payments ordered in actions for separate maintenance, and all payments ordered by a judge to be made in any domestic relations case, including cases of divorce.
History. Code 1933, § 24-2702a, enacted by Ga. L. 1979, p. 1400, § 1.