GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 19. DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
Chapter 11. ENFORCEMENT OF DUTY OF SUPPORT |
Article 3. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT |
Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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.