California Family Code ARTICLE 4 - Child Support Commissioners

• Section 4250.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) Child and spousal support are serious legal obligations.(2) The current system for obtaining, modifying, and enforcing child and spousal support...
• Section 4251.
  (a) Commencing July 1, 1997, each superior court shall provide sufficient commissioners to hear Title IV-D child support cases filed by the local child support agency....
• Section 4252.
  (a) The superior court shall appoint one or more subordinate judicial officers as child support commissioners to perform the duties specified in Section 4251. The child...
• Section 4253.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when hearing child support matters, a commissioner or referee may enter default orders if the defendant does not respond...

Last modified: October 22, 2018