Georgia § 19-11-183 - Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings.

§ 19-11-183. Duties of Department of Human Services; available support proceedings.

In a support proceeding under this part, the Department of Human Services shall: Transmit and receive applications; and Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of Georgia. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention: Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in Georgia; Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under paragraph (2), (4), or (9) of subsection (b) of Code Section 19-11-184.3; Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. The following support proceedings are available under the convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of Georgia; Modification of a support order of a tribunal of Georgia; and Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. A tribunal of Georgia may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the convention. (Code 1981, § 19-11-183 , enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.)