Georgia Code
Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
§ 19-11-47. Support Proceedings When Obligor and Obligee Are Found in Different Counties of State

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 be read as if written “initiating county” and what has been written as “responding state” shall be read as if written “responding county.”
History. Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 4A.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 19 - Domestic Relations

Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support

Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act

§ 19-11-40. Short Title

§ 19-11-40.1. Effective Date for Application of Article

§ 19-11-41. Purposes of Article

§ 19-11-42. Definitions

§ 19-11-43. Duty of Support Defined; Criteria for Determining Existence of Duty of Support

§ 19-11-44. Declaration of Reciprocating Status of Canadian Province or Territory by Attorney General

§ 19-11-45. Remedies Cumulative

§ 19-11-46. Liability of Obligor in State Not Dependent on Obligee’s Presence

§ 19-11-47. Support Proceedings When Obligor and Obligee Are Found in Different Counties of State

§ 19-11-48. When Extradition of Obligor Authorized; How Extradition Avoided; Petition; Temporary Order of Support; Delivery of Copies of Order; Suspension of Extradition Proceedings

§ 19-11-49. Choice of Law for Determining Duties of Support

§ 19-11-50. Remedies of State or Political Subdivision Furnishing Support; Court Orders for Present or Future Support Not to Be Jeopardized

§ 19-11-51. Duties Enforceable by Petition; Jurisdiction; Venue

§ 19-11-52. Contents of Petition; When Cause of Action Arises

§ 19-11-53. Representation of Petitioner by District Attorney; Fees; Monthly Collection Reports; Payment to County for Services; Clerk’s Fees

§ 19-11-54. By Whom Petition for Minor Obligee Brought; Guardian Ad Litem Not Necessary

§ 19-11-55. Duty of Court of This State When Acting as Initiating State; Transmittal of Copies of Petition, Certificate, and Article; Monetary Recommendation to Canadian Court

§ 19-11-56. Payment of Costs and Fees by State; Issuance of Execution to Reimburse State

§ 19-11-57. When Respondent’s Arrest Authorized

§ 19-11-58. Department of Human Services Designated State Information Agency; Duties

§ 19-11-59. Payment of District Attorney’s Fee

§ 19-11-60. Duty of Court of This State When Acting as Responding State

§ 19-11-61. Procedure When Responding Court Unable to Obtain Jurisdiction; Cooperation of Police in Locating Respondent; Transfer of Documents Upon Location of Respondent or His Property

§ 19-11-62. Discovery Procedures

§ 19-11-63. Order of Support or Reimbursement

§ 19-11-64. Transmittal of Copy of Order to Initiating State

§ 19-11-65. Power of Court to Assure Compliance With Orders

§ 19-11-66. Determination of Paternity

§ 19-11-67. Transmittal of Payments to Court of Initiating State; Certified Statement of Payments Made by Respondent

§ 19-11-68. Duty of Court of Initiating State to Disburse Payments Received

§ 19-11-69. Spouses Competent and Compellable to Testify

§ 19-11-70. Rules of Evidence

§ 19-11-71. Previous Support Orders Not Superseded; How Payments Credited

§ 19-11-72. Jurisdiction in Other Proceedings Not Conferred

§ 19-11-73. Construction of Article

§ 19-11-74. Temporary Order

§ 19-11-75. Right of Appeal; Effect of Appeal on Order of Support

§ 19-11-76. Additional Remedies on Foreign Support Order

§ 19-11-77. Registration of Foreign Support Order; Filing in Registry of Foreign Support Orders

§ 19-11-78. Application of Code Section 19-11-53

§ 19-11-79. Registration Procedure — Transmittal of Documents to District Attorney; Filing; Notice; Docketing

§ 19-11-80. Registration Procedure — Hearing; Defenses; Grounds for Stay; Entry of Order as Registration; County’s Entitlement to Fee; Through Whom Payments Made

§ 19-11-81. Effect of Registration of Foreign Support Order