{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"4728","citation":"Fam. Code, § 4728","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>Penalties due pursuant to this chapter may be enforced by the issuance of a writ of execution in the same manner as a writ of execution may be issued for unpaid installments of child support, as described in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/fam/5100\">5100</a>), except that payment of penalties under this chapter may not take priority over payment of arrearages or current support.</p>","text":"Penalties due pursuant to this chapter may be enforced by the issuance of a writ of execution in the same manner as a writ of execution may be issued for unpaid installments of child support, as described in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5100), except that payment of penalties under this chapter may not take priority over payment of arrearages or current support.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/civil-penalty-for-child-support-delinquency-4728","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}