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GA Code § 19-11-30.11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-30.11. Fee on Levied Accounts

 A financial institution may charge an account levied on by the commissioner of human services a fee, as determined by the commissioner, of not less than $20.00 nor more than $50.00 which shall be deducted from such account prior to remitting funds to the department. The commissioner of human services requesting bank or account information under Code Section 19-11-30.2 shall not be liable for costs otherwise assessable pursuant to Code Section 7-1-237.    (Code 1981, §19-11-30.11, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1247, § 18; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 2-4/HB 228.)   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-31. Joint Study Committee on Child Support

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4, effective January 1, 1995.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Code 1981, § 19-11-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1728, § 4.   Ga. L. 2010, p. 878, § 19/HB 1387, effective June 3, 2010, reserved the designation of this Code section.
GA Code § 19-11-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-32. Process to Collect Delinquent Support Accounts

  Notwithstanding other statutory provisions which provide for the execution, attachment, or levy against accounts, the child support enforcement agency may utilize the process established in this Code section and Code Sections 19-11-33 through 19-11-39 to collect delinquent support payments, provided that any exemptions or exceptions which specifically apply to enforcement of support obligations pursuant to Code Section 18-4-6 shall also apply.   An obligor is subject to the provisions of this Code section and Code Sections 19-11-33 through 19-11-39 if the obligor's support obligation is being enforced by the child support enforcement agency and if the support payments ordered pursuant to Georgia law or under a comparable statute of a foreign jurisdiction, as certified to the child support enforcement agency, are delinquent in an amount equal to the support payment for one month.   Any amount forwarded by a financial institution under this Code section and Code Sections 19-11-33 through 19-11-39 shall not exceed the delinquent or accrued amount of support owed by the obligor.     (Code 1981, §19-11-32, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2014, p. 457, § 12/SB 282; Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 19/SB 340; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-24/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, in subsection (a), substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency, including its authorized contractors," near the middle, and substituted "Code Section 18-4-6" for "other statutory provisions" near the end; and twice substituted "child support enforcement" for "IV-D" in subsection (b).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 54(e)/SB 340, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "In the event of a conflict between a provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act and a provision of another Act enacted at the 2014 regular session of the General Assembly, the provision of such other Act shall control over the conflicting provision in Sections 1 through 53 of this Act to the extent of the conflict." Accordingly, the amendment to subsection (c) of this Code section by Ga. L. 2014, p. 866, § 19(2)/SB 340 was not given effect.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-33. Notice

 The child support enforcement agency may proceed under Code Section 19-11-32, this Code section, and Code Sections 19-11-34 through 19-11-38 only if notice has been provided to the obligor in one of the following manners:    The obligor is provided notice of the provisions of this Code section in the court order establishing the support obligation. The child support enforcement agency or court or administrative law judge may include language in any new or modified support order issued on or after July 1, 1997, notifying the obligor that the obligor is subject to the provisions of Code Section 19-11-32, this Code section, and Code Sections 19-11-34 through 19-11-39; or   The child support enforcement agency may send a notice by regular mail to the last known address of the obligor.     (Code 1981, §19-11-33, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 1998, p. 128, § 19; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-34. Verification; Immunity From Liability

  The child support enforcement agency may contact a financial institution to obtain verification of the account number, the names and social security numbers listed for the account, and the account balance of any account held by an obligor. A financial institution may require positive voice recognition and the telephone number of the authorized person from the child support enforcement agency before releasing an obligor's account information by telephone.   The financial institution is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed for any information released by the financial institution to the child support enforcement agency pursuant to this Code section.   Neither the financial institution nor the child support enforcement agency is liable for the cost of any early withdrawal penalty of an obligor's certificate of deposit.     (Code 1981, §19-11-34, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-35. Initiation of Administrative Action for Levy; Required Information in Notice to Financial Institution

  If an obligor is subject to the provisions of Code Section 19-11-32, the child support enforcement agency may initiate an administrative action to levy against the account or accounts of the obligor. If notice has previously been provided pursuant to Code Section 19-11-33, further notice is not required prior to such action.   The child support enforcement agency may send a notice to the financial institution with which the account is placed directing that the financial institution forward all or a portion of the moneys in the obligor's account or accounts to the child support enforcement agency or its collection services center. The notice shall be sent by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery.   The notice to the financial institution shall contain all of the following information:   The name and social security number of the obligor;   A statement that the obligor is believed to have one or more accounts at the financial institution;   A statement that, pursuant to the provisions of Code Sections 19-11-32 through 19-11-34, this Code section, and Code Sections 19-11-36 through 19-11-39, the obligor's accounts are subject to seizure and the financial institution is authorized and required to forward moneys to the child support enforcement agency or its collection services center;   The maximum amount that shall be forwarded by the financial institution, which shall not exceed the delinquent or accrued amount of support owed the obligor;   The prescribed time frame which the financial institution must meet in forwarding amounts;   The address of the child support enforcement agency which will process the moneys forwarded; and   A telephone number, address, and contact name of the child support enforcement office contact initiating the action.       (Code 1981, §19-11-35, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1589, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-36. Required Information in Notice to Obligor

 The child support enforcement agency shall notify an obligor subject to an administrative levy, as well as any other party known to have an interest in the account, of the action taken. The notice shall contain all of the following information:    The name and social security number of the obligor;   A statement that the obligor is believed to have one or more accounts at a specified financial institution;   A statement that, pursuant to the provisions of Code Sections 19-11-32 through 19-11-35, this Code section, and Code Sections 19-11-37 through 19-11-39, the obligor's accounts are subject to seizure and the financial institution is authorized and required to forward moneys to the child support enforcement agency or its collection services center;   The maximum amount to be forwarded by the financial institution, which shall not exceed the delinquent or accrued amount of support owed by the obligor;   The prescribed time frame within which the financial institution must comply;   A statement that any challenge to the action shall be in writing and must be received by the child support enforcement agency within ten days of the date of the notice to the obligor;   The address of the child support enforcement agency which will process the moneys forwarded; and   A telephone number, address, and contact name of the child support enforcement office contact initiating the action.     (Code 1981, §19-11-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-38 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 1 - Child Support Recovery Act|§ 19-11-38. Required Financial Institution Action

  Upon receipt of a notice under Code Section 19-11-35, the financial institution shall do all of the following:   Immediately encumber funds in all accounts in which the obligor has an interest to the extent of the debt indicated in the notice; and   Forward the moneys encumbered to the child support enforcement agency no sooner than 15 days and no later than 20 days from the date the financial institution receives the notice pursuant to Code Section 19-11-35. Such money shall not be forwarded, however, if the child support enforcement agency notifies the financial institution of a challenge by an obligor or an account holder of interest. All encumbered moneys that are forwarded must be accompanied by the obligor's name and social security number, child support enforcement account number, and any other information required in the notice.     The financial institution may assess a fee against the obligor, not to exceed $10.00, for forwarding of moneys to the child support enforcement agency. This fee is in addition to the amount of support due. In the event that there are insufficient moneys to cover the fee and the support due, the institution may deduct the fee amount prior to forwarding moneys to the child support enforcement agency or its collection services center, and the amount credited to the support obligation shall be reduced by the fee amount.     (Code 1981, §19-11-38, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective July 1, 2017, twice substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" in paragraph (a)(2) and in subsection (b).   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
GA Code § 19-11-40 (2021)
2021 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

 This article may be cited as the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act."   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 34.)   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, §§ 29 and 30, not codified by the General Assembly, provide that judgments, decrees, or orders issued under the authority of laws utilized prior to initial passage in 1958 of this article shall continue in validity.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Ga. L. 1958, p. 34 (see now O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq.) does not apply merely in cases of actual nonsupport. Zimmerman v. Zimmerman, 131 Ga. App. 567, 206 S.E.2d 583 (1974).   Counterclaim for modification not permitted in contempt proceeding.    - Counterclaim for modification of a Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40 et seq., support order may not be asserted by the defendant in a URESA contempt proceeding. The only issue for determination in a URESA contempt proceeding is the enforcement of the support obligation previously established by the URESA order. State v. Garrish, 197 Ga. App. 816, 399 S.E.2d 572 (1990).   Spousal consent precluded arrears recovery.    - When wife consented to allowing the minor child of the parties to live with the husband in Germany for a three-year period and did not provide any support for the child during that three year period; the husband provided all of the support for the child during that period and not until three years after the child had returned from Germany did the wife seek to recover any child support for the time the child spent in Germany, the wife could be said to have consented to the husband's voluntary expenditures as an alternative to his child support obligation and, as a result, the trial court erred in concluding that the husband was in arrears in the payment of child support for the three-year period at issue. Brown v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources ex rel. Brown, 263 Ga. 53, 428 S.E.2d 81 (1993).    Cited in Jones v. Helms, 452 U.S. 412, 101 S. Ct. 2434, 69 L. Ed. 2d 118 (1981); Francis v. Pittman, 162 Ga. App. 40, 290 S.E.2d 288 (1982).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 72.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, § 214 et seq., 67A C.J.S, Parent and Child, § 73. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, § 486 et seq.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 42.
GA Code § 19-11-40.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-40.1. Effective Date for Application of Article

 No new petition may be filed, nor may any type of proceeding be initiated, under this article on or after January 1, 1998. It is the intent of the General Assembly that any petitions filed or proceedings initiated on or after January 1, 1998, be governed by the provisions of Article 3 of this chapter, the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act." The provisions of this article shall apply only to proceedings pending prior to January 1, 1998.    (Code 1981, §19-11-40.5, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 32.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, this Code section, enacted as Code Section 19-11-40.5 was redesignated as Code Section 19-11-40.1.   Law reviews.   - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Act does not apply retroactively.    - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-160 et seq., cannot be applied retroactively because of the language of O.C.G.A. § 19-11-40.1. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources v. Deason, 238 Ga. App. 853, 520 S.E.2d 712 (1999).
GA Code § 19-11-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-41. Purposes of Article

 The purposes of this article are to improve and extend by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support and to make uniform the law with respect thereto.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Reciprocal features of Act not extended to foreign countries.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act is effective between Georgia and all other states and territories of the United States where a similar act has been enacted but reciprocal features are not extended to foreign countries. 1962 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 348.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 72 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, §§ 16, 66 et seq., 214, 215, 219, 220. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, §§ 175, 203.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 1.
GA Code § 19-11-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-42. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Certification" means certification in accordance with the laws of the certifying state.   "Court" means the superior court of this state and, when the context requires, means the court of any other state as defined in a substantially similar reciprocal law.   "Initiating state" means any state in which a proceeding pursuant to this article or a substantially similar reciprocal law is commenced.   "Law" includes both common law and statute law.   "Obligee" means any person to whom a duty of support is owed.   "Obligor" means any person owing a duty of support.   "Register" means the entry of an order by a superior court of this state making a foreign support order a support order of this state.   "Registering court" means any superior court of this state in which the support order of the rendering state is registered.   "Responding state" means any state in which any proceeding pursuant to the proceeding in the initiating state is or may be commenced.   "State" includes:   The District of Columbia and any state, territory, or possession of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction in which this article or a substantially similar reciprocal law has been enacted; and   Any province or territory of the Dominion of Canada declared to be a reciprocating state by the Attorney General pursuant to Code Section 19-11-44.     "Support order" means any judgment, decree, or order of support, whether temporary or final and whether subject to modification, revocation, or remission, regardless of the kind of action in which it is entered, provided that custody, visitation rights, property settlement, and all matters other than support are specifically excluded from enforcement under this article.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 2; Ga. L. 1975, p. 818, § 1; Ga. L. 1979, p. 938, § 2; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 19; Ga. L. 1984, p. 613, § 1.)
GA Code § 19-11-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-44. Declaration of Reciprocating Status of Canadian Province or Territory by Attorney General

 Where the Attorney General is satisfied that reciprocal provisions will be made by any province or territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Attorney General may declare the province or territory to be a reciprocating state for the purpose of this article. Any such order declaring that a province or territory is a reciprocating state may be revoked by the Attorney General; and thereupon the province or territory with respect to which the order was made shall cease to be a reciprocating state for the purpose of this article; provided, however, that the revocation shall not affect any actions which have been adjudicated in the responding state or which have been received by this state as the responding state.   (Ga. L. 1975, p. 818, § 2.)
GA Code § 19-11-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-45. Remedies Cumulative

 The remedies provided in this article are in addition to and not in substitution of any other remedies.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, §§ 175, 203.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, §§ 214, 215, 219, 220. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 73.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 3.   ALR.    - Liability of parent for dental services to minor child, 7 A.L.R. 1070.
GA Code § 19-11-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-46. Liability of Obligor in State Not Dependent on Obligee's Presence

 Duties of support arising under the law of this state, when applicable under Code Section 19-11-49, bind the obligor, present in this state, regardless of the presence or residence of the obligee.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 74.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, §§ 4, 10. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 156.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 4.
GA Code § 19-11-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|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."   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 4A.)
GA Code § 19-11-49 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 19 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 11 - Enforcement of Duty of Support|Article 2 - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act|§ 19-11-49. Choice of Law for Determining Duties of Support

 Duties of support applicable under this article are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state in which the obligor was present during the period for which support is sought. The obligor is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown.   (Ga. L. 1958, p. 34, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 23 Am. Jur. 2d, Desertion and Nonsupport, § 74.   C.J.S.   - 41 C.J.S., Husband and Wife, § 2. 67A C.J.S., Parent and Child, § 156 et seq.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1958 Act) (U.L.A.) § 7.   ALR.   - Conflict of laws as to right of child or third person against parent for support of child, 34 A.L.R.2d 1460.