California Code
DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT
PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 5700.101. - 5700.101. (a) This part may be cited as the Uniform...

Section 5700.102. - 5700.102. In this part: (1) “Child” means an individual, whether...

Section 5700.103. - 5700.103. (a) The superior court is the tribunal of this...

Section 5700.104. - 5700.104. (a) Remedies provided by this part are cumulative and...

Section 5700.105. - 5700.105. (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Chapters...

CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction

Section 5700.201. - 5700.201. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a...

Section 5700.202. - 5700.202. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state...

Section 5700.203. - 5700.203. Under this part, a tribunal of this state may...

Section 5700.204. - 5700.204. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction...

Section 5700.205. - 5700.205. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued...

Section 5700.206. - 5700.206. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued...

Section 5700.207. - 5700.207. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this part...

Section 5700.208. - 5700.208. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of...

Section 5700.209. - 5700.209. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected...

Section 5700.210. - 5700.210. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over...

Section 5700.211. - 5700.211. (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support...

CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application

Section 5700.301. - 5700.301. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this...

Section 5700.302. - 5700.302. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal...

Section 5700.303. - 5700.303. Except as otherwise provided in this part, a responding...

Section 5700.304. - 5700.304. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by...

Section 5700.305. - 5700.305. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives...

Section 5700.306. - 5700.306. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by...

Section 5700.307. - 5700.307. (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon...

Section 5700.308. - 5700.308. (a) If the Attorney General or the Department of...

Section 5700.309. - 5700.309. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the...

Section 5700.310. - 5700.310. (a) The Department of Child Support Services is the...

Section 5700.311. - 5700.311. (a) In a proceeding under this part, a petitioner...

Section 5700.312. - 5700.312. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a...

Section 5700.313. - 5700.313. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay...

Section 5700.314. - 5700.314. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under...

Section 5700.315. - 5700.315. A party whose parentage of a child has been...

Section 5700.316. - 5700.316. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who...

Section 5700.317. - 5700.317. A tribunal of this state may communicate with a...

Section 5700.318. - 5700.318. A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a...

Section 5700.319. - 5700.319. (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this...

CHAPTER 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage

Section 5700.401. - 5700.401. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under...

Section 5700.402. - 5700.402. A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage...

CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Section 5700.501. - 5700.501. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be...

Section 5700.502. - 5700.502. (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s...

Section 5700.503. - 5700.503. If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding...

Section 5700.504. - 5700.504. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued...

Section 5700.505. - 5700.505. An employer that willfully fails to comply with an...

Section 5700.506. - 5700.506. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement...

Section 5700.507. - 5700.507. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to...

CHAPTER 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

ARTICLE 1 - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order

Section 5700.601. - 5700.601. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...

Section 5700.602. - 5700.602. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.706, a...

Section 5700.603. - 5700.603. (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in...

Section 5700.604. - 5700.604. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the...

ARTICLE 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement

Section 5700.605. - 5700.605. (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued...

Section 5700.606. - 5700.606. (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity...

Section 5700.607. - 5700.607. (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of...

Section 5700.608. - 5700.608. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation...

ARTICLE 3 - Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State

Section 5700.609. - 5700.609. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify,...

Section 5700.610. - 5700.610. A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support...

Section 5700.611. - 5700.611. (a) If Section 5700.613 does not apply, upon petition...

Section 5700.612. - 5700.612. If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of...

Section 5700.613. - 5700.613. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals...

Section 5700.614. - 5700.614. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order

Section 5700.615. - 5700.615. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.711, if...

Section 5700.616. - 5700.616. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify,...

CHAPTER 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention

Section 5700.701. - 5700.701. In this chapter: (1) “Application” means a request under...

Section 5700.702. - 5700.702. This chapter applies only to a support proceeding under...

Section 5700.703. - 5700.703. The Department of Child Support Services is recognized as...

Section 5700.704. - 5700.704. (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the...

Section 5700.705. - 5700.705. (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking...

Section 5700.706. - 5700.706. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a...

Section 5700.707. - 5700.707. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections...

Section 5700.708. - 5700.708. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a...

Section 5700.709. - 5700.709. If a tribunal of this state does not recognize...

Section 5700.710. - 5700.710. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and...

Section 5700.711. - 5700.711. (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify...

Section 5700.712. - 5700.712. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may...

Section 5700.713. - 5700.713. A record filed with a tribunal of this state...

CHAPTER 8 - Interstate Rendition

Section 5700.801. - 5700.801. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “governor” includes an...

Section 5700.802. - 5700.802. (a) Before making a demand that the governor of...

CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 5700.901. - 5700.901. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must...

Section 5700.902. - 5700.902. This part applies to proceedings begun on or after...

Section 5700.903. - 5700.903. If any provision of this part or its application...

Section 5700.905. - 5700.905. The Department of Child Support Services may adopt emergency...