California Family Code CHAPTER 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention

• Section 5700.701.
  In this chapter:(1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority...
• Section 5700.702.
  This chapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this chapter is inconsistent with Chapters...
• Section 5700.703.
  The Department of Child Support Services is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.(Added...
• Section 5700.704.
  (a) In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department of Child Support Services shall:(1) transmit and receive applications; and(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding...
• Section 5700.705.
  (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding,...
• Section 5700.706.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order...
• Section 5700.707.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Sections 5700.605 through 5700.608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.(b) A party contesting a registered...
• Section 5700.708.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.(b) The following grounds are the...
• Section 5700.709.
  If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of...
• Section 5700.710.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this...
• Section 5700.711.
  (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support...
• Section 5700.712.
  Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.(Added by Stats. 2015,...
• Section 5700.713.
  A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this chapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018