GA 19-11-114 - GA 19-11-114

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Jurisdiction over child support arrearages. - Georgia Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq., did not deprive a trial court of jurisdiction over the issue of child support arrearages based upon a prior-filed United Kingdom enforcement proceeding. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the child support provisions of the decree existed in the trial court because the trial court issued the decree, the mother and the child resided in Georgia, and no evidence existed that the parents had filed written consents to allow the tribunal of another state to assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. Baars v. Freeman, 288 Ga. 835 , 708 S.E.2d 273 (2011). <h3...