{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"5234","citation":"Fam. Code, § 5234","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS [4500. - 5616.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 8. Earnings Assignment Order [5200. - 5604.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-5/chapter-8"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [5230. - 5247.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-5/chapter-8/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 480, Sec. 3.   Effective January 1, 2000.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>Within 10 days of service of an assignment order or an order/notice to withhold income for child support on an employer, the employer shall deliver both of the following to the obligor:</p><p>(a) A copy of the assignment order or the order/notice to withhold income for child support.</p><p>(b) A written statement of the obligor’s rights under the law to seek to quash, modify, or stay service of the earnings assignment order, together with a blank form that the obligor can file with the court to request a hearing to quash, modify, or stay service of the earnings assignment order with instructions on how to file the form and obtain a hearing date.</p>","text":"Within 10 days of service of an assignment order or an order/notice to withhold income for child support on an employer, the employer shall deliver both of the following to the obligor: (a) A copy of the assignment order or the order/notice to withhold income for child support. (b) A written statement of the obligor’s rights under the law to seek to quash, modify, or stay service of the earnings assignment order, together with a blank form that the obligor can file with the court to request a hearing to quash, modify, or stay service of the earnings assignment order with instructions on how to file the form and obtain a hearing date.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/general-provisions-5234","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}