ARTICLE 1. Support Obligations

Article 1 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 1.

§§ 17400–17440 · 33 sections

§ 17400 (a) (1) Each county shall maintain a local child support agency, as specified in Section 17304, that shall have the responsibility for promptly and effectively… see note
§ 17400.5 If an obligor has an ongoing child support order being enforced by a local child support agency pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and the…
§ 17401 If the parent who is receiving support enforcement services provides to the local child support agency substantial, credible, information regarding the…
§ 17401.5 (a) All of the following shall include notice of, and information about, the child support service hearings available pursuant to Section 17801, provided that…
§ 17402 (a) In any case of separation or desertion of a parent or parents from a child or children that results in aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200)…
§ 17402.1 (a) Each local child support agency shall, on a monthly basis, remit to the department both the federal and state public assistance child support payments…
§ 17404 (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, in any action brought by the local child support agency for the support of a minor child or children, the action may be…
§ 17404.1 (a) Upon receipt of a petition or comparable pleading pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 5700.101) of Division 9, the local child support agency or…
§ 17404.2 (a) If, prior to filing, a petition or comparable pleading pursuant to Part 6 (commencing with Section 5700.101) of Division 9 is received by the local child…
§ 17404.3 Hearings by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means shall be permitted in child support cases in which the local child support agency is…
§ 17404.4 In exercising the jurisdiction under Section 5700.319, either the department or the local child support agency shall issue a notice to change payee on a…
§ 17405 In carrying out duties under this article, the local child support agency shall interview the custodial parent within 10 business days of opening a child…
§ 17406 (a) In all actions involving paternity or support, including, but not limited to, other proceedings under this code, and under Division 9 (commencing with…
§ 17407 (a) If the Attorney General is of the opinion that a support order or support-related order is erroneous and presents a question of law warranting an appeal,…
§ 17407.5 A declaration of state reciprocity issued by the Attorney General on or before December 31, 2015, and a declaration issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of…
§ 17408 (a) Notwithstanding Section 17404, upon noticed motion of the local child support agency, the superior court may consolidate or combine support or…
§ 17410 In any action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17402 or 17404, the local child support agency shall provide the mother and the…
§ 17412 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action for child support may be brought by the local child support agency on behalf of a minor child or caretaker parent…
§ 17414 In any action or proceeding brought by the local child support agency to establish parentage pursuant to Section 17400, the court shall enter a judgment…
§ 17415 (a) It shall be the duty of the county welfare department to refer all cases in which a parent is absent from the home, or in which the parents are unmarried…
§ 17416 (a) When the local child support agency has undertaken enforcement of support, the local child support agency may enter into an agreement with the noncustodial…
§ 17418 In enforcing the provisions of this division, the local child support agency shall inquire of both the custodial and noncustodial parent as to the number of…
§ 17420 After judgment in any court action brought to enforce the support obligation of a noncustodial parent pursuant to the provisions of this division, the court…
§ 17422 (a) The state medical insurance form required in Article 1 (commencing with Section 3750) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 9 shall include, but shall not be…
§ 17424 (a) A parent who has been served with a medical insurance form shall complete and return the form to the local child support agency’s office within 20 calendar…
§ 17428 In any action or judgment brought or obtained pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, 17404, or 17416, a supplemental complaint may be filed, pursuant to Section 464…
§ 17430 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, in an action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, 17404, or 17404.1, in which the…
§ 17432 (a) In any action filed by the local child support agency pursuant to Section 17400, 17402, 17404, or 17404.1, the court may, on any terms that may be just,…
§ 17432.5 No later than September 1, 2024, the Judicial Council shall adopt and approve any forms necessary to implement Sections 17400, 17404.1, 17430, and 17432 as…
§ 17433 In an action in which a judgment or order for support was entered after the entry of the default of the defendant under Section 17430, the court shall relieve…
§ 17433.5 In any action enforced pursuant to this article, no interest shall accrue on an obligation for current child, spousal, family, or medical support due in a…
§ 17434 (a) The department shall publish a booklet describing the proper procedures and processes for the collection and payment of child and spousal support. The…
§ 17440 (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall work with all branches of the United States military and the National Guard to ensure that information is…