Georgia Code
Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act
§ 19-11-18. Collection Procedures; Notice; Judicial Review

History. Ga. L. 1973, p. 192, § 15; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 28; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1179, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 19; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 8-2/HB 501; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 2-2, 2-4/HB 228; Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 4/HB 189; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, §§ 1-22, 2-3/SB 137.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted “child support enforcement agency” for “IV-D agency” throughout this Code section; in subsection (a), substituted “child support enforcement agency, in accordance with IV-D, shall be” for “IV-D agency, in accordance with Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security Act, is” near the beginning and deleted “or an order from a IV-D agency” following “order of a court” near the end, and in the second sentence, substituted “Such” for “These” at the beginning and inserted “shall” near the beginning; and in subsection (f), substituted “Unless otherwise provided by federal law, and notwithstanding” for “Notwithstanding” at the beginning, substituted “child support enforcement agency” for “Child Support Enforcement Agency of the department” in the middle, deleted “relative” following “caretaker”, and substituted “by the child support enforcement agency of such child support” for “of same by the enforcement agency” immediately preceding the period at the end.
Cross references.
Liens generally, § 44-14-320 et seq.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, the spelling of the words “constitute” and “constructive” were corrected in subparagraph (b)(3)(C).
The amendment of subsection (f) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-2 irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 4. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2009, p. 1001, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amendment to this Code section shall be applicable to all contracts for private collection of child support payments entered into on or after July 1, 2009.
Administrative rules and regulations.
Federal and state tax refund intercept program, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Services, Office of Child Support Recovery, Recovery and Administration of Child Support, § 290-7-1-.08.
Law reviews.
For article commenting on the 1997 amendment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).

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