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O.C.G.A. § 19-11-168

O.C.G.A. § 19-11-168 - Petitions for modification. (2026)

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# 19-11-168. Petitions for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in Georgia in the same manner provided in Code Sections 19-11-160 through 19-11-167 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification. ## History Code 1981, § 19-11-168, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1613, § 33; Ga. L. 2013, p. 705, § 1/SB 193.

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