Georgia § 19-11-168 - Petitions for modification.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 19-11-168 — Petitions for modification., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-11-168. Petitions for modification.
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in Georgia in the same manner provided in Code Sections 19-11-160 through 19-11-167 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification. (Code 1981, § 19-11-168 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)
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Section 19-11-168 ("Petitions for modification.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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