Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Cal. FAM § 5700.502

California Statutes

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a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (

b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (

c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (

d) and

Section 5700.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify: (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment; (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain. (

d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to: (1) the employer’s fee for processing an income-withholding order; (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and (3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.

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CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. FAM § 5700.502
Date2016-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierFAM5700.502.20154935

Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Cal. FAM § 5700.502

California Statutes

Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

Cal. FAM § 5700.502

California Statutes

(

a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (

b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (

c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (

d) and

Section 5700.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify: (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment; (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain. (

d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to: (1) the employer’s fee for processing an income-withholding order; (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and (3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. FAM § 5700.502
Date2016-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierFAM5700.502.20154935
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