GA 19-11-163 - GA 19-11-163

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Law from another state properly applied. - Trial court properly applied Florida law in addressing respondent father's defense of dormancy in an action by petitioner human resources department to collect arrearages under a Florida child support order when Florida was the issuing state within the meaning of O.C.G.A. § 19-11-163(a) and had a shorter statute of limitation than Georgia for purposes of § 19-11-163(b) . Owens v. Dep't of Human Res., 255 Ga. App. 678 , 566 S.E.2d 403 (2002). Filing of an Alabama child support order in a Georgia court was not viewed as a traditional action on a foreign judgment, but was more appropriately governed by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 et seq.; in a Georgia arrearage proceeding under UIFSA, the...