§ 19-11-30.7.Construction
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Duty of Support · Article 1. Child Support Recovery Act · Last amended 2009 · Last verified October 9, 2026
Full Text of § 19-11-30.7
Plain-English Summary
Georgia’s child support agency collects a great deal of private financial information. Through the bank match system in §§ 19-11-30.1 through 19-11-30.3, banks and credit unions report account data on parents who owe support, and through § 19-11-30.6 Georgia swaps wage and bank information with other states. Several sections guard that data. Section 19-11-30 makes child support records confidential and makes a violation a misdemeanor; § 19-11-30.4 forbids state employees and agents to divulge bank match data except as that section allows; and § 19-11-30.6 limits information sharing to states with similar protections.
This short section is a rule of construction. It tells courts and agencies how to read those three confidentiality sections: they must not be read to block the commissioner of human services from releasing wage and bank information data for the purposes described in Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act. Title IV-D, which begins at 42 U.S.C. § 651, is the federal law behind every state’s child support enforcement program. It covers locating parents, establishing paternity, setting support and collecting it.
In practice, the section keeps Georgia’s privacy rules from colliding with the federal program that funds and directs the state’s child support work. The data stays confidential against everyone else, but the commissioner can still use and release it where the federal child support program calls for it. The section was last amended in 2009.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Georgia’s child support agency share my bank information with federal agencies?
It can release wage and bank information data for the purposes described in Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, the federal child support program. This section says Georgia’s confidentiality rules in §§ 19-11-30, 19-11-30.4 and 19-11-30.6 must not be read to prevent the commissioner of human services from making that kind of release. Outside those purposes, the confidentiality rules still apply.
What is Title IV-D?
Title IV-D is the part of the federal Social Security Act that sets up the national child support enforcement program, starting at 42 U.S.C. § 651. Georgia’s Department of Human Services runs the state’s IV-D program. Section 19-11-3 defines “IV-D” for Georgia’s Child Support Recovery Act as Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act.
Is my child support case information confidential in Georgia?
Yes, as a general rule. Section 19-11-30 makes information and records the department obtains under the Child Support Recovery Act or Title IV-D confidential, released only with the permission of the people named, by court order, or for purposes the act specifically authorizes. A violation is a misdemeanor. This section adds that the confidentiality rules don’t block releases of wage and bank data for federal child support purposes.
Does this section let anyone see my bank records?
No. It speaks only to the commissioner of human services releasing wage and bank information data, and only for the purposes described in Title IV-D. Section 19-11-30.4 still forbids state employees and agents to divulge bank match information except as that section allows, and § 19-11-30.1 makes the child support enforcement agency the only agency with access to the bank match registry.
Which confidentiality sections does this rule of construction cover?
Three: § 19-11-30, the general confidentiality rule for child support records; § 19-11-30.4, which restricts disclosure of bank match data; and § 19-11-30.6, which governs Georgia’s wage and bank information sharing program with other states. None of the three may be read to stop the commissioner from releasing wage and bank information data for federal IV-D purposes.
Amendment History
Laws 1997, p. 1613, § 30; Laws 2002, p. 1247, § 15; Laws 2009, Act 102, § 2-4, eff. July 1, 2009.