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O.C.G.A. § 19-11-155

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-155 - Contesting of order from another tribunal. (2026)

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# 19-11-155. Contesting of order from another tribunal. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in Georgia by registering the order in a tribunal of Georgia and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part 6 of this article, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of Georgia. (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) Any support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) Each employer that has directly received an income withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee. ## History Code 1981, § 19-11-155, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193; Ga. L. 2024, p. 233, § 9/SB 520, effective July 1, 2024.

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