Georgia Code
Part 3 - Civil Provisions
§ 19-11-125. Receipt by Inappropriate Tribunal

If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
History. Code 1981, § 19-11-125 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 19 - Domestic Relations

Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support

Article 3 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Part 3 - Civil Provisions

§ 19-11-120. Application of Part; Initiation of a Proceeding

§ 19-11-121. Representative for Minor Parent

§ 19-11-122. Governing Law and Procedure for Responding Georgia Tribunal

§ 19-11-123. Information to Be Provided to Responding Tribunal

§ 19-11-124. Receipt of Petition of Pleading by Responding Georgia Tribunal; Action Authorized; Limitations; Foreign Currency Conversion

§ 19-11-125. Receipt by Inappropriate Tribunal

§ 19-11-126. Support Enforcement Agency’s Services; Determining Controlling Order; Foreign Currency Conversion; Enforcement of Support Order and Income Withholding Order of Another State; Absence of Fiduciary Relationship

§ 19-11-127. Authority of Attorney General

§ 19-11-128. Employment of Private Counsel

§ 19-11-129. State Information Agency

§ 19-11-130. Filing of Petition to Establish, Register, or Modify Support Order; Required Information; Relief Sought

§ 19-11-131. Nondisclosure of Identifying Information When Health, Safety, or Liberty at Risk; Disclosure of Information in the Interest of Justice

§ 19-11-132. Fees and Costs

§ 19-11-133. Personal Jurisdiction

§ 19-11-134. Defense of Nonparentage

§ 19-11-135. Physical Presence of Individual Nonresident Party Not Required; Admissible Evidence

§ 19-11-136. Communication Between Tribunals

§ 19-11-137. Tribunal’s Authority to Accomplish Discovery

§ 19-11-138. Disbursement of Funds; Redirecting Payments