Georgia § 19-11-115 - Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal.
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§ 19-11-115. Initiating tribunal; responding tribunal.
A tribunal in Georgia that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of Georgia may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this article; or A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order. A tribunal in Georgia having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order. (Code 1981, § 19-11-115 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
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