§ 19-11-184.7.Personal information
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support · Article 3. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act · Part 7. Determination of Parentage · Last amended 2013 · Last verified October 9, 2026
Full Text of § 19-11-184.7
Plain-English Summary
International support cases move a great deal of personal information between countries, central authorities, Georgia’s Department of Human Services and the tribunals. This one-sentence section puts a purpose limit on all of it: personal information gathered or transmitted under this part may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
“This part” means the convention provisions, Code Sections 19-11-180 through 19-11-184.8, which apply only to support proceedings under the Hague convention (§ 19-11-181). The records those provisions call for can be sensitive — under § 19-11-184.1, a registration request carries the support order, a record of arrears and, if necessary, a record of free legal assistance received abroad. The article’s general petition rule, § 19-11-130, asks for names, residential addresses and Social Security numbers of the parties and each child’s date of birth, so far as known.
The section doesn’t define “personal information,” doesn’t name the person or agency it binds, and doesn’t set a penalty or remedy. It attaches the limit to the information itself. It also sits beside a separate protection: under § 19-11-131, a party who alleges under oath that disclosing identifying information would jeopardize the health, safety or liberty of a party or child must have that information sealed, though the tribunal may order disclosure after a hearing. The section took effect July 1, 2013.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can information from my international child support case be used for other purposes?
Not under this section. Personal information gathered or transmitted under Georgia’s Hague convention provisions may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. Information collected to establish or enforce support in a convention case is tied to that purpose.
What kind of personal information does this rule cover?
The section doesn’t define the term, so it reaches personal information gathered or transmitted under the convention provisions generally. Those cases can involve support orders, arrears records and records of legal assistance under § 19-11-184.1. The article’s general petition rule, § 19-11-130, calls for names, residential addresses, Social Security numbers and children’s birth dates, so far as known.
Can I keep my address secret from the other parent in an international support case?
Possibly, under a different section. Section 19-11-131 says that if a party alleges in an affidavit or a sworn pleading that disclosing specific identifying information would jeopardize the health, safety or liberty of a party or child, the information must be sealed. After a hearing, the tribunal may order disclosure it finds is in the interest of justice. This section separately limits how information may be used.
Who has to follow this limit on personal information?
The section names no particular person or agency. It attaches the limit to the information itself: whatever was gathered or transmitted under the convention provisions may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. That language reaches the information wherever it travels in the case.
Does this privacy rule apply to child support cases between U.S. states?
Amendment History
Laws 2013, Act 224, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.