California Family Code CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
- Section 5700.301.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate...
- Section 5700.302.
A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit...
- Section 5700.303.
Except as otherwise provided in this part, a responding tribunal of this state shall:(1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating...
- Section 5700.304.
(a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:(1) to the...
- Section 5700.305.
(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Section 5700.301(b), it shall...
- Section 5700.306.
If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to...
- Section 5700.307.
(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part.(b) A support enforcement agency of...
- Section 5700.308.
(a) If the Attorney General or the Department of Child Support Services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to...
- Section 5700.309.
An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646)...
- Section 5700.310.
(a) The Department of Child Support Services is the state information agency under this part.(b) The state information agency shall:(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses,...
- Section 5700.311.
(a) In a proceeding under this part, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify...
- Section 5700.312.
If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be...
- Section 5700.313.
(a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess...
- Section 5700.314.
(a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this part before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by...
- Section 5700.315.
A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a...
- Section 5700.316.
(a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or...
- Section 5700.317.
A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to...
- Section 5700.318.
A tribunal of this state may:(1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and(2) upon request, compel a person over which it has...
- Section 5700.319.
(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order....
Last modified: October 22, 2018