Contest of Validity or Enforcement

Cal. FAM § 5700.605

California Statutes

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a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order. (

b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party: (1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state; (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within days after notice unless the registered order is under

Section 5700.707; (3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages. (

c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also: (1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any; (2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order; (3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (

b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and (4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order. (

d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to

Chapter 8 (commencing with

Section 5200) of

Part 5.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. FAM § 5700.605
Date2016-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierFAM5700.605.20154935

Contest of Validity or Enforcement

Cal. FAM § 5700.605

California Statutes

Contest of Validity or Enforcement

Cal. FAM § 5700.605

California Statutes

(

a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order. (

b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party: (1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state; (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within days after notice unless the registered order is under

Section 5700.707; (3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages. (

c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also: (1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any; (2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order; (3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (

b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and (4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order. (

d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to

Chapter 8 (commencing with

Section 5200) of

Part 5.

Document details

CollectionCalifornia Statutes
CitationCal. FAM § 5700.605
Date2016-01-01
Typestatute
Languageen
SourceCA_STAT
IdentifierFAM5700.605.20154935