§ 19-11-164.Notification to nonregistering party and obligor’s employer

Twenty days after notice, for an ordinary registered order. The notice must tell you that a hearing to contest the order’s validity or enforcement must be requested within 20 days after notice. A different deadline applies to a Hague convention order under § 19-11-184.2: 30 days after notice of registration, or 60 days if the contesting party doesn’t reside in the United States.

The order is confirmed. The notice must warn that failing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in time will result in confirmation and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages, and precludes any further contest on matters that could have been asserted. Section 19-11-165 says the order is then confirmed by operation of law.

It must come with a copy of the registered order and the accompanying documents, and it must tell the nonregistering party four things: the order is enforceable as of the registration date like a Georgia order; a hearing must be requested within 20 days after notice (unless it’s a convention order under § 19-11-184.2); failing to contest in time leads to confirmation and bars later challenges; and the amount of any alleged arrearages.

Yes. Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the child support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer under §§ 19-6-32 through 19-6-33.1, Georgia’s income withholding and family support registry provisions.

The notice must say more. It must identify the orders, the one the registering party claims is controlling, and the consolidated arrears, if any; notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which order controls; state that the same contest procedures apply to that determination; and warn that failing to contest in time may result in confirmation that the claimed order is the controlling order.