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.