Georgia § 19-11-120 - Application of part; initiation of a proceeding.
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§ 19-11-120. Application of part; initiation of a proceeding.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, this part applies to all proceedings under this article. An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this article by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent. (Code 1981, § 19-11-120 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
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