California Code
DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT
PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 4500. - 4500. An order for child, family, or spousal support that...

Section 4501. - 4501. A family support order is enforceable in the same...

Section 4502. - 4502. The period for enforcement and procedure for renewal of...

Section 4503. - 4503. If a parent has been ordered to make payments...

Section 4504. - 4504. (a) If the noncustodial parent is receiving payments from...

Section 4505. - 4505. (a) A court may require a parent who alleges...

Section 4506. - 4506. (a) An abstract of a judgment ordering a party...

Section 4506.1. - 4506.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a support...

Section 4506.2. - 4506.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a...

Section 4506.3. - 4506.3. The Judicial Council, in consultation with the California Family...

Section 4507. - 4507. When a court orders a person to make payment...

Section 4508. - 4508. (a) This section does not apply to any child...

CHAPTER 2 - Deposit of Money to Secure Future Child Support Payments

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4550. - 4550. “Child support obligee” as used in this chapter means...

Section 4551. - 4551. Except as provided in this section, this chapter: (a)...

Section 4552. - 4552. The Judicial Council shall promulgate such rules of court...

Section 4553. - 4553. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit...

Section 4554. - 4554. This chapter applies notwithstanding any other law. (Enacted by...

ARTICLE 2 - Order for Deposit of Money

Section 4560. - 4560. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or in...

Section 4561. - 4561. If a child support security deposit is ordered, the...

Section 4562. - 4562. The court shall also order that evidence of the...

Section 4563. - 4563. An account established pursuant to this chapter shall be...

ARTICLE 3 - Application to Reduce or Eliminate Deposit

Section 4565. - 4565. (a) Before entry of a child support order pursuant...

Section 4566. - 4566. Upon the filing of an application under Section 4565...

Section 4567. - 4567. The court shall then provide an opportunity for hearing,...

ARTICLE 4 - Use of Deposit to Make Delinquent Support Payment

Section 4570. - 4570. (a) Upon the application of the child support obligee...

Section 4571. - 4571. The court shall cause a copy of the application,...

Section 4572. - 4572. The court shall cause a copy of its order...

Section 4573. - 4573. If support is ordered to be paid through the...

CHAPTER 3 - Deposit of Assets to Secure Future Child Support Payments

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4600. - 4600. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an...

Section 4601. - 4601. “Deposit holder” as used in this chapter means the...

Section 4602. - 4602. If requested by an obligor-parent, the deposit holder shall...

Section 4603. - 4603. The deposit holder who is responsible for any money...

Section 4604. - 4604. (a) If the deposit holder incurs fees or costs...

ARTICLE 2 - Order for Deposit of Assets

Section 4610. - 4610. (a) Subject to Sections 4613, 4614, and 4615, in...

Section 4611. - 4611. In a proceeding under this chapter, an obligor-parent shall...

Section 4612. - 4612. An obligor-parent alleged to be in arrears may use...

Section 4613. - 4613. The court shall not issue an order pursuant to...

Section 4614. - 4614. The designation of assets subject to an order pursuant...

Section 4615. - 4615. In lieu of depositing cash or other assets as...

Section 4616. - 4616. Upon deposit of an asset which is not readily...

Section 4617. - 4617. (a) If the asset ordered to be deposited is...

ARTICLE 3 - Ex Parte Restraining Orders

Section 4620. - 4620. (a) During the pendency of a proceeding under this...

ARTICLE 4 - Use or Sale of Assets to Make Support Payments

Section 4630. - 4630. (a) Upon an obligor-parent’s failure, within the time specified...

Section 4631. - 4631. (a) An obligor-parent may file a motion to stop...

Section 4632. - 4632. An obligor-parent alleged to be in arrears under this...

ARTICLE 5 - Return of Assets of Obligor

Section 4640. - 4640. The deposit holder shall return all assets subject to...

Section 4641. - 4641. If the deposited asset is real property and the...

CHAPTER 4 - Child Support Delinquency Reporting

Section 4700. - 4700. This chapter may be cited as the Child Support...

Section 4701. - 4701. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall administer...

CHAPTER 5 - Civil Penalty for Child Support Delinquency

Section 4720. - 4720. “Support” for the purposes of this chapter means support...

Section 4721. - 4721. (a) This chapter applies only to installments of child...

Section 4722. - 4722. (a) Any person with a court order for child...

Section 4723. - 4723. (a) The notice of delinquency shall be signed under...

Section 4724. - 4724. The notice of delinquency may be served personally or...

Section 4725. - 4725. If the child support owed, or any arrearages, interest,...

Section 4726. - 4726. No penalties may be imposed pursuant to this chapter...

Section 4727. - 4727. Any penalty due under this chapter shall not be...

Section 4728. - 4728. Penalties due pursuant to this chapter may be enforced...

Section 4729. - 4729. The local child support agency or any other agency...

Section 4730. - 4730. At any hearing to set or modify the amount...

Section 4731. - 4731. A subsequent notice of delinquency may be served and...

Section 4732. - 4732. The Judicial Council shall adopt forms or notices for...

Section 4733. - 4733. Penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be paid...

CHAPTER 7 - Enforcement by Writ of Execution

Section 5100. - 5100. Notwithstanding Section 290, a child, family, or spousal support...

Section 5103. - 5103. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2060, an order for the payment...

Section 5104. - 5104. (a) The application for a writ of execution shall...

CHAPTER 8 - Earnings Assignment Order

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 5200. - 5200. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 5201. - 5201. “Arrearage” or “arrearages” is the amount necessary to satisfy...

Section 5202. - 5202. “Assignment order” has the same meaning as “earnings assignment...

Section 5204. - 5204. “Due date of support payments” is the date specifically...

Section 5206. - 5206. “Earnings,” to the extent that they are subject to...

Section 5208. - 5208. (a) “Earnings assignment order for support” means an order...

Section 5210. - 5210. “Employer” includes all of the following: (a) A person...

Section 5212. - 5212. “IV-D Case” means any case being established, modified, or...

Section 5214. - 5214. “Obligee” or “assigned obligee” means either the person to...

Section 5216. - 5216. “Obligor” means a person owing a duty of support....

Section 5220. - 5220. “Timely payment” means receipt of support payments by the...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 5230. - 5230. (a) When the court orders a party to pay...

Section 5230.1. - 5230.1. (a) An earnings assignment or income withholding order for...

Section 5230.5. - 5230.5. Any obligee alleging arrearages in child support shall specify...

Section 5231. - 5231. Unless stayed pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section...

Section 5232. - 5232. Service on an employer of an assignment order may...

Section 5233. - 5233. Unless the order states a later date, beginning as...

Section 5234. - 5234. Within 10 days of service of an assignment order...

Section 5235. - 5235. (a) The employer shall continue to withhold and forward...

Section 5236. - 5236. The state agency or the local agency, designated to...

Section 5237. - 5237. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 5238. - 5238. (a) Where an assignment order or assignment orders include...

Section 5239. - 5239. Arrearages of support payments shall be computed on the...

Section 5240. - 5240. (a) Upon the filing and service of a motion...

Section 5241. - 5241. (a) An employer who willfully fails to withhold and...

Section 5242. - 5242. Service of the assignment order creates a lien on...

Section 5243. - 5243. An assignment order for support has priority as against...

Section 5244. - 5244. A reference to the local child support agency in...

Section 5245. - 5245. Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the...

Section 5246. - 5246. (a) This section applies only to Title IV-D cases...

Section 5247. - 5247. Neither the local child support agency nor an employer...

ARTICLE 3 - Support Orders Issued or Modified Before July 1, 1990

Section 5250. - 5250. For a support order first issued or modified before...

Section 5251. - 5251. The obligee seeking issuance of an assignment order to...

Section 5252. - 5252. (a) An assignment order under this article may be...

Section 5253. - 5253. Upon receipt of the application, the court shall issue,...

ARTICLE 4 - Stay of Service of Assignment Order

Section 5260. - 5260. (a) The court may order that service of the...

Section 5261. - 5261. (a) If service of the assignment order has been...

ARTICLE 5 - Motion to Quash Assignment Order

Section 5270. - 5270. (a) An obligor may move to quash an assignment...

Section 5271. - 5271. (a) The motion and notice of motion to quash...

Section 5272. - 5272. A finding of error in the amount of the...

ARTICLE 6 - Information Concerning Address and Employment of Obligor

Section 5280. - 5280. If the obligee making the application under this chapter...

Section 5281. - 5281. An assignment order required or authorized by this chapter...

Section 5282. - 5282. After the obligor has left employment with the employer,...

ARTICLE 7 - Prohibited Practices

Section 5290. - 5290. No employer shall use an assignment order authorized by...

ARTICLE 8 - Judicial Council Forms

Section 5295. - 5295. The Judicial Council shall prescribe forms necessary to carry...

ARTICLE 9 - Intercounty Support Obligations

Section 5600. - 5600. (a) A local child support agency or obligee may...

Section 5601. - 5601. (a) When the local child support agency is responsible...

Section 5602. - 5602. (a) An obligee other than the local child support...

Section 5603. - 5603. (a) An obligor shall have 20 days after the...

Section 5604. - 5604. A previous determination of paternity made by another state,...

CHAPTER 9 - Private Child Support Collectors

Section 5610. - 5610. For the purposes of this chapter, “private child support...

Section 5611. - 5611. (a) A contract for the collection of child support...

Section 5612. - 5612. (a) Each private child support collector: (1) That charges...

Section 5613. - 5613. (a) An obligee shall have the right to cancel...

Section 5614. - 5614. (a) A private child support collector shall do all...

Section 5615. - 5615. (a) (1) A person may bring an action for...

Section 5616. - 5616. (a) Every court order for child support issued on...