Georgia § 19-11-150 - Issuance of income-withholding orders.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 19-11-150 — Issuance of income-withholding orders., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-11-150. Issuance of income-withholding orders.
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer pursuant to Code Sections 19-6-32 through 19-6-33.1 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state. (Code 1981, § 19-11-150 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 1-28/SB 137.) The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted "Code Sections 19-6-32 through 19-6-33.1" for "Code Sections 19-6-31 through 19-6-33" in the middle of this Code section.
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