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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
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Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT |
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Article 1. CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY ACT |
| § 19-11-1. Short title |
| § 19-11-2. Purposes of article; construction |
| § 19-11-3. Definitions |
| § 19-11-4. Application of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." |
| § 19-11-5. Debt to state created by payment of public assistance; amount of debt; waiver, reduction, or negotiation of certain repayments |
| § 19-11-6. Enforcement of child support payments and alimony for public assistance recipients |
| § 19-11-7. Enforcement of support payments for dependent minor child public assistance recipients; attorney's fees; interest on judgment; limited scope of action |
| § 19-11-8. Department's duty to enforce support of abandoned minor public assistance recipient; scope of action |
| § 19-11-9. Location of absent parents by department; assistance of other governmental agencies; putative father registry; use of information obtained |
| § 19-11-9.1. Duty to furnish information about obligor to department; use of information obtained; penalty for noncompliance |
| § 19-11-9.2. Duty of employers to report hiring or rehiring of persons |
| § 19-11-9.3. Suspension or denial of license for noncompliance with child support order; interagency agreements; report to General Assembly |
| § 19-11-10. Investigation to determine ability to support; notification of parent; information forms; penalty for falsifying parents' report |
| § 19-11-11. Issuance of subpoenas by department; court order requiring compliance |
| § 19-11-12. Review of orders for child support; review procedures; order adjusting support award amount; no release from liability due to subsequent financial obligation |
| § 19-11-13. Determination of paternity; acknowledgment under oath; legal proceedings |
| § 19-11-14. Father's liability for support of child born out of wedlock; full faith and credit to paternity determination by another state |
| § 19-11-15. Voluntary support agreement; notice and hearing; notice of final determination; information to be included therein |
| § 19-11-15.1. Information required to be given to individuals receiving services |
| § 19-11-16. Periodic redeterminations and reinvestigations |
| § 19-11-17. Redetermination at request of parent; time for hearing |
| § 19-11-18. Collection procedures; notice; judicial review |
| § 19-11-19. Garnishment and orders to withhold and deliver; notice and hearing; procedure; liability of employer failing to answer order to withhold and deliver |
| § 19-11-20. Wage assignments |
| § 19-11-21. Payment of support to department |
| § 19-11-22. Article not exclusive |
| § 19-11-23. Authority of district attorneys |
| § 19-11-24. Conformity with federal law intended; adoption of necessary regulations authorized |
| § 19-11-25. Availability of information about overdue support to consumer reporting agency; notice to debtor parent; fee |
| § 19-11-26. Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; order requiring medical support |
| § 19-11-27. Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; National Medical Support Notice or other notice of enrollment; establishment of coverage |
| § 19-11-29. Accident and sickness insurance coverage for children; liability and penalty applicable to person or entity providing access to coverage and insurers |
| § 19-11-30. Confidentiality of information and records; safeguards against unauthorized use |
| § 19-11-30.1. Computer based registry |
| § 19-11-30.2. Definitions; information from financial institutions |
| § 19-11-30.3. Responsibility of Department of Human Services Bank Match Registry |
| § 19-11-30.4. Disclosure of information |
| § 19-11-30.5. Failure of financial institution to comply |
| § 19-11-30.6. Reciprocal agreements with other states |
| § 19-11-30.7. Construction |
| § 19-11-30.8. Annual reports |
| § 19-11-30.9. Information subject to disclosure; penalty |
| § 19-11-30.10. Authority to levy and seize deposit |
| § 19-11-30.11. Fee on levied accounts |
| § 19-11-31. Joint Study Committee on Child Support |
| § 19-11-32. Process to collect delinquent support accounts; limitation |
| § 19-11-33. Notice |
| § 19-11-34. Verification; immunity from liability |
| § 19-11-35. Initiation of administrative action for levy; required information in notice to financial institution |
| § 19-11-36. Required information in notice to obligor |
| § 19-11-37. Challenges to levy; mistakes; procedures; reimbursement |
| § 19-11-38. Required financial institution action |
| § 19-11-39. Computerized central case registry for support orders |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 19 Chapter 11 Article 1 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Temporary assistance for needy families, § 49-4-180 et seq.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Recovery and administration of child support, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Chapter 290-7-1.
LAW REVIEWS. --For survey article on wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1982). For article, "Georgia Inheritance Rights of Children Born Out of Wedlock," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (1986). For annual survey of law of domestic relations, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 179 (1986).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Collins v. Collins, 148 Ga. App. 103, 250 S.E.2d 870 (1978); Young v. Department of Human Resources, 148 Ga. App. 518, 251 S.E.2d 578 (1978); Boone v. State, Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Carter, 250 Ga. 379, 297 S.E.2d 727 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE COURTS HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH SUPERIOR COURTS over cases brought pursuant to the Child Support Recovery Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1 et seq. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-33.
TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS. --O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b) authorizes the superior court to transfer to the juvenile court support cases not involving a question of paternity as well as those support proceedings originating from a court-established support unit in the judicial circuit. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.
Since no provision under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b) would permit the transfer of paternity questions to a juvenile court, no case in which paternity is involved may be transferred under that statute by a superior court to a juvenile court. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.
Superior court may not transfer a Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act proceeding to juvenile court under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b). 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Recovery and administration of child support, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources, Chapter 290-7-1.
LAW REVIEWS. --For survey article on wills, trusts, and administration of estates, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1982). For article, "Georgia Inheritance Rights of Children Born Out of Wedlock," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 28 (1986). For annual survey of law of domestic relations, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 179 (1986).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
CITED in Collins v. Collins, 148 Ga. App. 103, 250 S.E.2d 870 (1978); Young v. Department of Human Resources, 148 Ga. App. 518, 251 S.E.2d 578 (1978); Boone v. State, Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Carter, 250 Ga. 379, 297 S.E.2d 727 (1982).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE COURTS HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH SUPERIOR COURTS over cases brought pursuant to the Child Support Recovery Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-1 et seq. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U83-33.
TRANSFER OF PROCEEDINGS. --O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b) authorizes the superior court to transfer to the juvenile court support cases not involving a question of paternity as well as those support proceedings originating from a court-established support unit in the judicial circuit. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.
Since no provision under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b) would permit the transfer of paternity questions to a juvenile court, no case in which paternity is involved may be transferred under that statute by a superior court to a juvenile court. 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.
Superior court may not transfer a Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act proceeding to juvenile court under O.C.G.A. § 15-11-6(b). 1989 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U89-7.