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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. PERNICE

S90A1323.

260 Ga. 732 (1991)

399 S.E.2d 65

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. PERNICE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, William M. Droze, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Peter Pernice, pro se.

BELL, Justice.

This appeal concerns whether a trial court is required to enter an income-deduction order pursuant to OCGA § 19-6-32 (a) (1),1 in a child-support recovery action brought by the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR). In the instant case the trial court ruled that income-deduction orders are not mandatory, and exercised its discretion not to enter one. We find that such orders are mandatory, and reverse the judgment...

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