California Family Code ARTICLE 1 - Support Obligations

  • Section 17400.
    (a) Each county shall maintain a local child support agency, as specified in Section 17304, that shall have the responsibility for promptly and effectively establishing, modifying,...
  • Section 17400.5.
    If an obligor has an ongoing child support order being enforced by a local child support agency pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security...
  • Section 17401.
    If the parent who is receiving support enforcement services provides to the local child support agency substantial, credible, information regarding the residence or work address...
  • Section 17401.5.
    (a) All of the following shall include notice of, and information about, the child support service hearings available pursuant to Section 17801, provided that there is...
  • Section 17402.
    (a) In any case of separation or desertion of a parent or parents from a child or children that results in aid under Chapter 2 (commencing...
  • Section 17402.1.
    (a) Each local child support agency shall, on a monthly basis, remit to the department both the federal and state public assistance child support payments received...
  • Section 17404.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, in any action brought by the local child support agency for the support of a minor child or children, the action...
  • Section 17404.1.
    (a) Upon receipt of a petition or comparable pleading pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 5700.101) of Division 9, the local child support agency or...
  • Section 17404.2.
    (a) If, prior to filing, a petition or comparable pleading pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 5700.101) of Division 9 is received by the local...
  • Section 17404.3.
    Hearings by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means shall be permitted in child support cases in which the local child support agency is providing...
  • Section 17404.4.
    In exercising the jurisdiction under Section 5700.319, either the department or the local child support agency may issue a notice to change payee on a...
  • Section 17405.
    In carrying out duties under this article, the local child support agency shall interview the custodial parent within 10 business days of opening a child...
  • Section 17406.
    (a) In all actions involving paternity or support, including, but not limited to, other proceedings under this code, and under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000)...
  • Section 17407.
    (a) If the Attorney General is of the opinion that a support order or support-related order is erroneous and presents a question of law warranting an...
  • Section 17407.5.
    A declaration of state reciprocity issued by the Attorney General on or before December 31, 2015, and a declaration issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of...
  • Section 17408.
    (a) Notwithstanding Section 17404, upon noticed motion of the local child support agency, the superior court may consolidate or combine support or reimbursement arrearages owed by...
  • Section 17410.
    In any action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17402 or 17404, the local child support agency shall provide the mother...
  • Section 17412.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action for child support may be brought by the local child support agency on behalf of a minor child or...
  • Section 17414.
    In any action or proceeding brought by the local child support agency to establish parentage pursuant to Section 17400, the court shall enter a judgment...
  • Section 17415.
    (a) It shall be the duty of the county welfare department to refer all cases in which a parent is absent from the home, or in...
  • Section 17416.
    (a) In any case where the local child support agency has undertaken enforcement of support, the local child support agency may enter into an agreement with...
  • Section 17418.
    In enforcing the provisions of this division, the local child support agency shall inquire of both the custodial and noncustodial parent as to the number...
  • Section 17420.
    After judgment in any court action brought to enforce the support obligation of a noncustodial parent pursuant to the provisions of this division, the court...
  • Section 17422.
    (a) The state medical insurance form required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 3750) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 9 shall include, but...
  • Section 17424.
    (a) A parent who has been served with a medical insurance form shall complete and return the form to the local child support agency’s office within...
  • Section 17428.
    In any action or judgment brought or obtained pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, 17404, or 17416, a supplemental complaint may be filed, pursuant to Section...
  • Section 17430.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, or 17404, a judgment...
  • Section 17432.
    (a) In any action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, or 17404, the court may, on any terms that may...
  • Section 17433.
    In any action in which a judgment or order for support was entered after the entry of the default of the defendant under Section 17430,...
  • Section 17433.5.
    In any action enforced pursuant to this article, no interest shall accrue on an obligation for current child, spousal, family, or medical support due in...
  • Section 17434.
    (a) The department shall publish a booklet describing the proper procedures and processes for the collection and payment of child and spousal support. The booklet shall...
  • Section 17440.
    (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall work with all branches of the United States military and the National Guard to ensure that information is...

Last modified: October 22, 2018