Supreme Court of Georgia

Ross v. Ross

September 13, 2017302 Ga. 39

Summary

The court held that Georgia lacked subject matter jurisdiction to modify the Connecticut child-support order because Connecticut retained continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and the parties had not consented to Georgia jurisdiction. It further held that the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law could not supply jurisdiction to modify the order because federal law preempted it in this context. The trial court's judgment was reversed.