Section 19-11-104. Applicability


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  •    (a) A tribunal of Georgia shall apply Parts 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Part 7 of this article to a support proceeding involving:

       (1) A foreign support order;

       (2) A foreign tribunal; or

       (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.

    (b) A tribunal of Georgia that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Parts 1 through 6 of this article.

    (c) Part 7 of this article applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Part 7 of this article is inconsistent with Parts 1 through 6 of this article, Part 7 of this article controls.
Code 1981, § 19-11-104, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.