California Family Code ARTICLE 3 - Director of Child Support Services

• Section 17300.
  With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at his or her pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of...
• Section 17302.
  The director shall do all of the following:(a) Be responsible for the management of the department.(b) Administer all federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to the...
• Section 17303.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Part D (commencing with Section 651) of...
• Section 17304.
  To address the concerns stated by the Legislature in Section 17303, each county shall establish a new county department of child support services. Each department...
• Section 17305.
  (a) In order to achieve an orderly and timely transition to the new system with minimal disruption of services, the director shall begin the transition from...
• Section 17306.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(1) While the State Department of Social Services has had statutory authority over the child support system, the...
• Section 17307.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Department of Child Support Services has the authority and discretion to prevent, correct, or remedy the effects...
• Section 17308.
  The director shall assume responsibility for implementing and managing all aspects of a single statewide automated child support system that will comply with state and...
• Section 17309.
  Effective October 1, 1998, the state shall operate a State Disbursement Unit as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Secs. 654 (27), 654a(g), and 654b).(Amended...
• Section 17309.5.
  (a) An employer who is required to withhold and, by electronic fund transfer, pay tax pursuant to Section 19011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or...
• Section 17310.
  (a) The director shall formulate, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations and general policies affecting the purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the department that are consistent with...
• Section 17311.
  (a) The Child Support Payment Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The department shall administer the fund.(b) (1) The state may deposit child support payments...
• Section 17311.5.
  (a) The department may enter into a trust agreement with a trustee or fiscal intermediary to receive or disburse child support collections. The trust agreement may...
• Section 17311.7.
  (a) Upon the transfer of collection and disbursement activities from each county to the State Disbursement Unit, the auditor and controller of each county shall perform...
• Section 17312.
  (a) The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the department. Regulations, orders,...
• Section 17314.
  (a) Subject to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the director...
• Section 17316.
  No person, while holding the office of director, shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function...
• Section 17318.
  Except as otherwise expressly provided, Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as it may be...
• Section 17320.
  The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Social Services to avoid the imposition of any federal penalties that cause a reduction in the...
• Section 17325.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if child support payments are directly deposited to an account of the recipient’s choice, as authorized under the federal Electronic Fund...

Last modified: October 22, 2018