California Family Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 4000.
  If a parent has the duty to provide for the support of the parent’s child and willfully fails to so provide, the other parent, or...
• Section 4001.
  In any proceeding where there is at issue the support of a minor child or a child for whom support is authorized under Section 3901...
• Section 4002.
  (a) The county may proceed on behalf of a child to enforce the child’s right of support against a parent.(b) If the county furnishes support to a...
• Section 4003.
  In any case in which the support of a child is at issue, the court may, upon a showing of good cause, order a separate...
• Section 4004.
  In a proceeding where there is at issue the support of a child, the court shall require the parties to reveal whether a party is...
• Section 4005.
  At the request of either party, the court shall make appropriate findings with respect to the circumstances on which the order for support of a...
• Section 4006.
  In a proceeding for child support under this code, including, but not limited to, Division 17 (commencing with Section 17000), the court shall consider the...
• Section 4007.
  (a) If a court orders a person to make specified payments for support of a child during the child’s minority, or until the child is married...
• Section 4007.5.
  (a) Every money judgment or order for support of a child shall be suspended, by operation of law, for any period exceeding 90 consecutive days in...
• Section 4008.
  The community property, the quasi-community property, and the separate property may be subjected to the support of the children in the proportions the court determines...
• Section 4009.
  An original order for child support may be made retroactive to the date of filing the petition, complaint, or other initial pleading. If the parent...
• Section 4010.
  In a proceeding in which the court orders a payment for the support of a child, the court shall, at the time of providing written...
• Section 4011.
  Payment of child support ordered by the court shall be made by the person owing the support payment before payment of any debts owed to...
• Section 4012.
  Upon a showing of good cause, the court may order a parent required to make a payment of child support to give reasonable security for...
• Section 4013.
  If obligations for support of a child are discharged in bankruptcy, the court may make all proper orders for the support of the child that...
• Section 4014.
  (a) Any order for child support issued or modified pursuant to this chapter shall include a provision requiring the obligor and child support obligee to notify...

Last modified: October 22, 2018