Georgia Department of Human Resources v. Prater

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the discretionary provision in one statute allowing the court to \address the repayment of any arrears\ did not allow the court to forgive arrears because such forgiveness was expressly prohibited by another statute
• holding that the discretionary provision in one statute allowing the court to “address the repayment of any arrears” did not allow the court to forgive arrears 10 because such forgiveness was expressly prohibited by another statute
• holding that “an order modifying child support may operate only prospectively” and a trial court lacks the 2 “Res judicata is an affirmative defense which must be established by the pleader.” Waggaman v. Franklin Life Ins. Co., 265 Ga. 565, 565 (1) (458 SE2d 826) (1995) (citation omitted
• trial court lacked authority to “simply forgive or reduce the past-due amount owed under a valid child support order”
• “[A]n order modifying child support may operate only prospectively.” (punctuation omitted)
• “trial court lacked authority to forgive [father’s] child support arrearage”

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