Georgia § 19-11-36 - Required information in notice to obligor.
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§ 19-11-36. Required information in notice to obligor.
The child support enforcement agency shall notify an obligor subject to an administrative levy, as well as any other party known to have an interest in the account, of the action taken. The notice shall contain all of the following information: The name and social security number of the obligor; A statement that the obligor is believed to have one or more accounts at a specified financial institution; A statement that, pursuant to the provisions of Code Sections 19-11-32 through 19-11-35, this Code section, and Code Sections 19-11-37 through 19-11-39, the obligor's accounts are subject to seizure and the financial institution is authorized and required to forward moneys to the child support enforcement agency or its collection services center; The maximum amount to be forwarded by the financial institution, which shall not exceed the delinquent or accrued amount of support owed by the obligor; The prescribed time frame within which the financial institution must comply; A statement that any challenge to the action shall be in writing and must be received by the child support enforcement agency within ten days of the date of the notice to the obligor; The address of the child support enforcement agency which will process the moneys forwarded; and A telephone number, address, and contact name of the child support enforcement office contact initiating the action. (Code 1981, § 19-11-36 , enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 31; Ga. L. 2017, p. 646, § 2-3/SB 137.) The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, substituted "child support enforcement agency" for "IV-D agency" throughout this Code section. Law reviews. - For article on the 1997 enactment of this Code section, see 14 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 121 (1997).
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