{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"4722","citation":"Fam. Code, § 4722","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 5. Civil Penalty for Child Support Delinquency [4720. - 4733.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-5/chapter-5"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) Any person with a court order for child support, the payments on which are more than 30 days in arrears, may file and then serve a notice of delinquency, as described in this chapter.</p><p>(b) Except as provided in Section <a href=\"/fam/4726\">4726</a>, and subject to Section <a href=\"/fam/4727\">4727</a>, any amount of child support specified in a notice of delinquency that remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the notice of delinquency has been filed and served shall incur a penalty of 6 percent of the delinquent payment for each month that it remains unpaid, up to a maximum of 72 percent of the unpaid balance due.</p>","text":"(a) Any person with a court order for child support, the payments on which are more than 30 days in arrears, may file and then serve a notice of delinquency, as described in this chapter. (b) Except as provided in Section 4726, and subject to Section 4727, any amount of child support specified in a notice of delinquency that remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the notice of delinquency has been filed and served shall incur a penalty of 6 percent of the delinquent payment for each month that it remains unpaid, up to a maximum of 72 percent of the unpaid balance due.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/civil-penalty-for-child-support-delinquency-4722","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}