THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT （统一的州际家族的支持）.pdfVIP

THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (UIFSA): ENSURING THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDERS by: Marvin L. Solomiany, Esq. Centennial Tower 101 Marietta Street, Suite 3500 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 404.688.8810 INTRODUCTION The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) became effective on January 1, 1998 and is embodied in O.C.G.A. § 19-11-100 to § 19-11-191. UIFSA is applicable when parties live in different states and one party seeks the establishment, enforcement, or modification of child support or alimony. UIFSA also applies to paternity issues. UIFSA has been adopted by every state and supersedes all versions of the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA)1. The purpose behind the establishment of UIFSA was to improve upon the principles that led to the establishment of URESA (which was subsequently found to be inadequate to implement those principles). The main principle and purpose of both URESA and UIFSA is to ensure the establishment, enforcement and modification of child support and spousal support orders when parties live in different states. UIFSA attempts to resolve the problems arising under URESA by establishing a defined 1 Johnson, Jaimie; Alimony and Child Support Generally; 14 Ga.St.U.L. Rev. 121 (1997). URESA continues to apply to those actions filed prior to January 1, 1998.