ARTICLE 2. General Provisions

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 5230–5247 · 20 sections

• § 5230 (a) When the court orders a party to pay an amount for support or orders a modification of the amount of support to be paid, the court shall include in its…
• § 5230.1 (a) An earnings assignment or income withholding order for support issued by a court or administrative agency of another state is binding upon an employer of…
• § 5230.5 Any obligee alleging arrearages in child support shall specify the amount thereof under penalty of perjury.
• § 5231 Unless stayed pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 5260), an assignment order is effective and binding upon any existing or future employer of the…
• § 5232 Service on an employer of an assignment order may be made by first-class mail in the manner prescribed in Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The…
• § 5233 Unless the order states a later date, beginning as soon as possible after service of the order on the employer but not later than 10 days after service of the…
• § 5234 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…
• § 5235 (a) The employer shall continue to withhold and forward support as required by the assignment order until served with notice terminating the assignment order.…
• § 5236 The state agency or the local agency, designated to enforce support obligations as required by federal law, shall allow employers to simplify the process of…
• § 5237 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the obligee shall notify the employer of the obligor, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, of any change…
• § 5238 (a) Where an assignment order or assignment orders include both current support and payments towards the liquidation of arrearages, priority shall be given…
• § 5239 Arrearages of support payments shall be computed on the basis of the payments owed and unpaid on the date that the obligor has been given notice of the…
• § 5240 (a) Upon the filing and service of a motion and a notice of motion by the obligor, the court shall terminate the service of an assignment order if past due…
• § 5241 (a) An employer who willfully fails to withhold and forward support pursuant to a currently valid assignment order entered and served upon the employer…
• § 5242 Service of the assignment order creates a lien on the earnings of the employee and the property of the employer to the same extent as the service of an…
• § 5243 An assignment order for support has priority as against any attachment, execution, or other assignment as specified in Section 706.031 of the Code of Civil…
• § 5244 A reference to the local child support agency in this chapter applies only when the local child support agency is otherwise ordered or required to act pursuant…
• § 5245 Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the local child support agency to use any other civil and criminal remedies to enforce support obligations,…
• § 5246 (a) This section applies only to Title IV-D cases where support enforcement services are being provided by the local child support agency pursuant to Section…
• § 5247 Neither the local child support agency nor an employer shall be subject to any civil liability for any amount withheld and paid to the obligee, the local child…