§ 19-11-190.1.Effective date
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support · Article 3. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act · Part 9. Miscellaneous Provisions · Last amended 2013 · Last verified October 9, 2026
Full Text of § 19-11-190.1
Plain-English Summary
This section answers a timing question: which cases does the article govern? The test is when the proceeding begins, not when the underlying order was issued. The article applies to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2013, to establish a support order, to determine a child’s parentage, or to register, recognize, enforce or modify a prior support order, determination or agreement.
The closing words — “whenever issued or entered” — matter most for older orders. A support order, parentage determination or support agreement issued long before 2013 is still handled under this article if the proceeding to register, recognize, enforce or modify it begins on or after July 1, 2013. That includes foreign support agreements, which the article treats separately in § 19-11-184.5.
The date tracks the 2013 act that revised the article and added the Hague convention provisions (Laws 2013, Act 224). The section speaks only to proceedings begun on or after that date; it doesn’t say what law governs a proceeding begun earlier, so that question isn’t answered here. Section 19-11-192, added later, carries its own 2025 effective date.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Georgia’s UIFSA apply to my old child support order?
Yes, if the case about it begins on or after July 1, 2013. The article applies to proceedings begun on or after that date to register, recognize, enforce or modify a prior support order, determination or agreement, whenever it was issued or entered. The age of the order doesn’t matter; the start date of the proceeding does.
What date matters under UIFSA, the order date or the filing date?
The date the proceeding begins. This section applies the article to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2013, and it covers prior orders, determinations and agreements “whenever issued or entered.” So an older order is governed by this article in a proceeding started on or after that date.
What kinds of cases does this effective-date rule cover?
Proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2013, to establish a support order, to determine a child’s parentage, or to register, recognize, enforce or modify a prior support order, determination or agreement. That covers new cases and cases about existing orders alike.
What about a UIFSA case that started before July 1, 2013?
This section doesn’t say. It speaks only to proceedings begun on or after July 1, 2013, and is silent about what law governs a proceeding begun earlier. A person in a case that started before that date would need to look beyond this section, and a lawyer can help sort out which version governs.
Does this cover support agreements as well as court orders?
Yes. The section lists a prior “support order, determination, or agreement,” whenever issued or entered, so agreements count along with orders and parentage determinations. Foreign support agreements, for example, can be recognized and enforced under § 19-11-184.5 in a proceeding begun on or after July 1, 2013, even if the agreement itself is older.
Amendment History
Laws 2013, Act 224, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.