Georgia § 19-11-77 - Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders.
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§ 19-11-77. Registration of foreign support order; filing in registry of foreign support orders.
The obligee may register the foreign support order in a court of this state in the manner, with the effect, and for the purposes provided in this article. The clerk of the superior court shall maintain a registry of foreign support orders in which he shall file foreign support orders. (Ga. L. 1979, p. 938, § 1.) Law reviews. - For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia's divorce, alimony and child custody laws for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 75 (1979).
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