California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 17 - SUPPORT SERVICES

CHAPTER 1 - Department of Child Support Services

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 17000. - 17000. The definitions contained in this section, and definitions applicable...

ARTICLE 2 - Organization

Section 17200. - 17200. The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created...

Section 17202. - 17202. (a) The department is hereby designated the single organizational...

Section 17204. - 17204. The department consists of the director and such division...

Section 17206. - 17206. The department shall ensure that there is an adequate...

Section 17208. - 17208. (a) The department shall reduce the cost of, and...

Section 17210. - 17210. The department shall ensure that the local child support...

Section 17211. - 17211. The department shall administer the Child Support Assurance Demonstration...

Section 17212. - 17212. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 3 - Director of Child Support Services

Section 17300. - 17300. (a) With the consent of the Senate, the Governor...

Section 17302. - 17302. The director shall do all of the following: (a)...

Section 17303. - 17303. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 17304. - 17304. To address the concerns stated by the Legislature in...

Section 17305. - 17305. (a) In order to achieve an orderly and timely...

Section 17306. - 17306. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall develop...

Section 17306.1. - 17306.1. (a) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the department...

Section 17307. - 17307. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 17308. - 17308. The director shall assume responsibility for implementing and managing...

Section 17309. - 17309. Effective October 1, 1998, the state shall operate a...

Section 17309.5. - 17309.5. (a) An employer who is required to withhold and,...

Section 17310. - 17310. (a) The director shall formulate, adopt, amend, or repeal...

Section 17311. - 17311. (a) The Child Support Payment Trust Fund is hereby...

Section 17311.5. - 17311.5. (a) The department may enter into a trust agreement...

Section 17311.7. - 17311.7. (a) Any payment required to be made to a...

Section 17312. - 17312. (a) The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards...

Section 17314. - 17314. (a) Subject to the State Civil Service Act (Part...

Section 17316. - 17316. No person, while holding the office of director, shall...

Section 17318. - 17318. Except as otherwise expressly provided, Part 1 (commencing with...

Section 17320. - 17320. The department shall coordinate with the State Department of...

Section 17325. - 17325. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if child support...

ARTICLE 4 - Statewide Registry for Child Support

Section 17390. - 17390. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is...

Section 17391. - 17391. (a) The department shall develop an implementation plan for...

Section 17392. - 17392. (a) The Judicial Council shall develop any forms that...

Section 17393. - 17393. The Judicial Council shall develop the forms necessary to...

CHAPTER 2 - Child Support Enforcement

ARTICLE 1 - Support Obligations

Section 17400. - 17400. (a) (1) Each county shall maintain a local child...

Section 17400.5. - 17400.5. If an obligor has an ongoing child support order...

Section 17401. - 17401. If the parent who is receiving support enforcement services...

Section 17401.5. - 17401.5. (a) All of the following shall include notice of,...

Section 17402. - 17402. (a) In any case of separation or desertion of...

Section 17402.1. - 17402.1. (a) Each local child support agency shall, on a...

Section 17404. - 17404. (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, in any action brought...

Section 17404.1. - 17404.1. (a) Upon receipt of a petition or comparable pleading...

Section 17404.2. - 17404.2. (a) If, prior to filing, a petition or comparable...

Section 17404.3. - 17404.3. Hearings by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means...

Section 17404.4. - 17404.4. In exercising the jurisdiction under Section 5700.319, either the...

Section 17405. - 17405. In carrying out duties under this article, the local...

Section 17406. - 17406. (a) In all actions involving paternity or support, including,...

Section 17407. - 17407. (a) If the Attorney General is of the opinion...

Section 17407.5. - 17407.5. A declaration of state reciprocity issued by the Attorney...

Section 17408. - 17408. (a) Notwithstanding Section 17404, upon noticed motion of the...

Section 17410. - 17410. In any action filed by the local child support...

Section 17412. - 17412. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action for child...

Section 17414. - 17414. In any action or proceeding brought by the local...

Section 17415. - 17415. (a) It shall be the duty of the county...

Section 17416. - 17416. (a) When the local child support agency has undertaken...

Section 17418. - 17418. In enforcing the provisions of this division, the local...

Section 17420. - 17420. After judgment in any court action brought to enforce...

Section 17422. - 17422. (a) The state medical insurance form required in Article...

Section 17424. - 17424. (a) A parent who has been served with a...

Section 17428. - 17428. In any action or judgment brought or obtained pursuant...

Section 17430. - 17430. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in an action filed...

Section 17432. - 17432. (a) In any action filed by the local child...

Section 17433. - 17433. In an action in which a judgment or order...

Section 17433.5. - 17433.5. In any action enforced pursuant to this article, no...

Section 17434. - 17434. (a) The department shall publish a booklet describing the...

Section 17440. - 17440. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall work...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Delinquent Child Support Obligations and Financial Institution Data Match

Section 17450. - 17450. (a) For purposes of this article: (1) “Child support...

Section 17452. - 17452. (a) Subject to state and federal privacy and information...

Section 17453. - 17453. (a) The department, in coordination with financial institutions doing...

Section 17454. - 17454. (a) At least 45 days before sending a notice...

Section 17456. - 17456. (a) Any person required to withhold and transmit any...

Section 17460. - 17460. (a) As necessary, the department shall seek reciprocal agreements...

ARTICLE 2 - Collections and Enforcement

Section 17500. - 17500. (a) In carrying out its obligations under Title IV-D...

Section 17502. - 17502. A local child support agency that is collecting child...

Section 17504. - 17504. (a) The first fifty dollars ($50) of any amount...

Section 17504. - 17504. (a) The first one hundred dollars ($100) of any...

Section 17504.2. - 17504.2. (a) (1) Any amount of support collected in a...

Section 17504.4. - 17504.4. On a monthly basis, the local child support agency...

Section 17504.6. - 17504.6. (a) No later than May 1, 2023, the Department...

Section 17505. - 17505. (a) All state, county, and local agencies shall cooperate...

Section 17506. - 17506. (a) There is in the department a California Parent...

Section 17508. - 17508. (a) The Employment Development Department shall, when requested by...

Section 17509. - 17509. Once the statewide automated system is fully implemented, the...

Section 17510. - 17510. To assist local agencies in child support enforcement activities,...

Section 17512. - 17512. (a) Upon receipt of a written request from a...

Section 17514. - 17514. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 17516. - 17516. In no event shall public social service benefits, as...

Section 17518. - 17518. (a) As authorized by subdivision (d) of Section 704.120...

Section 17520. - 17520. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Applicant” means...

Section 17520.5. - 17520.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall...

Section 17521. - 17521. The order to show cause or notice of motion...

Section 17522. - 17522. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if a support obligor...

Section 17522.5. - 17522.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8112 of the Commercial Code and...

Section 17523. - 17523. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a...

Section 17523.5. - 17523.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, in connection with...

Section 17524. - 17524. (a) Upon making application to the local child support...

Section 17525. - 17525. (a) Whenever a state or local governmental agency issues...

Section 17526. - 17526. (a) Upon request of an obligor or obligee, the...

Section 17528. - 17528. (a) As authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 704.110...

Section 17530. - 17530. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, this section applies to...

Section 17531. - 17531. When a local child support agency closes a child...

Section 17540. - 17540. (a) (1) Commencing July 1, 2000, the department shall...

Section 17550. - 17550. (a) The Department of Child Support Services, in consultation...

Section 17552. - 17552. (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in...

Section 17555. - 17555. (a) Any appropriation made available in the annual Budget...

Section 17556. - 17556. On or before March 1, 2019, and annually thereafter,...

Section 17560. - 17560. (a) The department shall establish and operate a statewide...

Section 17561. - 17561. The Office of the Chief Information Officer and the...

ARTICLE 3 - Program Compliance

Section 17600. - 17600. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 17601. - 17601. The department shall provide to the Legislature actual performance...

Section 17602. - 17602. (a) The department shall adopt the federal minimum standards...

Section 17604. - 17604. (a) (1) If at any time the director considers...

ARTICLE 4 - Program Costs

Section 17701. - 17701. (a) There is established within California’s child support program...

Section 17702. - 17702. (a) The department shall assess, at least once every...

Section 17702.5. - 17702.5. (a) The Child Support Collections Recovery Fund is hereby...

Section 17703. - 17703. (a) A revolving fund in the State Treasury is...

Section 17704. - 17704. (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year the department shall...

Section 17706. - 17706. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 17708. - 17708. (a) This section shall apply to any county that...

Section 17710. - 17710. (a) Each county shall be responsible for any administrative...

Section 17712. - 17712. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 17708, and to the...

Section 17714. - 17714. (a) (1) Any funds paid to a county pursuant...

CHAPTER 5 - Complaint Resolution

Section 17800. - 17800. Each local child support agency shall maintain a complaint...

Section 17801. - 17801. (a) A custodial or noncustodial parent who is dissatisfied...

Section 17803. - 17803. The custodial or noncustodial parent, within one year after...

Section 17804. - 17804. Each local child support agency shall establish the complaint...