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Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act makes sweeping changes to Georgia's child and spousal support enforcement procedures by shifting the bulk of enforcement authority from the court system to the Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of Human Resources (DHR). First, the Act amends several of Georgia's alimony and child support statutes. It removes the statute of limitations for foreign judgments of child or spousal support orders and provides that child or spousal support orders cannot be changed retroactively or become dormant. It makes late child support payments judgments by operation of law, sets a time limit for contempt hearings, and allows for …