GA 19-11-10 - GA 19-11-10

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Parent must be informed of duty to support. - When parents are divorced and custody is awarded to one parent, the parent not having custody must be notified by the state of his or her duty to support and of the application for Aid to Families with Dependent Children payments even when the department does not make an investigation of the parent's ability to support under O.C.G.A. § 19-11-10 . Burns v. Swinney, 252 Ga. 461 , 314 S.E.2d 440 (1984). When parents are divorced and custody is awarded to one parent, when the parent not having custody has not been ordered by any court to pay child support, and when the nonpaying parent's address is known or can be ascertained, the state must notify the parent of the duty of support and of the application for Aid to Family for Dep...