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2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS › CHAPTER 8 - Earnings Assignment Order › ARTICLE 9 - Intercounty Support Obligations › Section 5603.

5603. (a) An obligor shall have 20 days after the service of notice of the registration of a California order of support in which to file a noticed motion requesting the court to vacate the registration or for other relief. In an action under this section, there shall be no joinder of actions, coordination of actions, or cross-complaints, and the claims or defenses shall be limited strictly to the identity of the obligor, the validity of the underlying California support order, or the accuracy of the obligee’s statement of the amount of support remaining unpaid unless the amount has been previously established by a judgment or order. The obligor shall serve a copy of the motion, personally or by first-class mail, on the local child support agency, private attorney representing the obligee, or obligee who is self-representing who filed the request for registration of the order, not less than 15 days prior to the date on which the motion is to be heard. If service is by mail, Section 1013 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies. If the obligor does not file the motion within 20 days, the registered California support order and all other documents filed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5601 or Section 5602 are confirmed.
(b) At the hearing on the motion to vacate the registration of the order, the obligor may present only matters that would be available to the obligor as defenses in an action to enforce a support judgment. If the obligor shows, and the court finds, that an appeal from the order is pending or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the order until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal has expired, or the order is vacated, upon satisfactory proof that the obligor has furnished security for payment of the support ordered. If the obligor shows, and the court finds, any ground upon which enforcement of a California support order may be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the order for an appropriate period if the obligor furnishes security for payment of support.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 57. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS › CHAPTER 8 - Earnings Assignment Order › ARTICLE 9 - Intercounty Support Obligations › Section 5604.

5604. A previous determination of paternity made by another state, whether established through voluntary acknowledgment procedures in effect in that state or through an administrative or judicial process shall be given full faith and credit by the courts in this state, and shall have the same effect as a paternity determination made in this state and may be enforced and satisfied in a like manner.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 599, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS › CHAPTER 9 - Private Child Support Collectors › Section 5610.

5610. For the purposes of this chapter, “private child support collector” means any individual, corporation, attorney, nonprofit organization, or other nongovernmental entity who is engaged by an obligee to collect child support ordered by a court or other tribunal for a fee or other consideration. The term does not include any attorney who addresses issues of ongoing child support or child support arrearages in the course of an action to establish parentage or a child support obligation, a proceeding under Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200), a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or nullity of marriage, or in postjudgment or modification proceedings related to any of those actions. A “private child support collector” includes any private, nongovernmental attorney whose business is substantially comprised of the collection or enforcement of child support. As used in this section, substantially means that at least 50 percent of the attorney’s business, either in terms of remuneration or time spent, is comprised of the activity of seeking to collect or enforce child support obligations for other individuals.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 797, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS › CHAPTER 9 - Private Child Support Collectors › Section 5612.

5612. (a) Each private child support collector:
(1) That charges any initial fee, processing fee, application fee, filing fee, or other fee or assessment that must be paid by an obligee regardless of whether any child support collection is made on behalf of the obligee shall make the following disclosure in every radio, television, or print advertisement intended for a target audience consisting primarily of California residents:
“(Name of private child support collector) is not a governmental entity and charges an upfront fee for its services even if it does not collect anything.”
(2) That does not charge any fee or assessment specified in paragraph (1) shall make the following disclosure in every radio, television, or print advertisement aired for a target audience consisting primarily of California residents:
“(Name of private child support collector) is not a governmental entity and charges a fee for its services.”
(b) The disclosures required in subdivision (a) shall also be stated during the first 30 seconds of any initial telephone conversation with an obligee and in the private child support collector’s contract.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 797, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 5 - ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS › CHAPTER 9 - Private Child Support Collectors › Section 5613.

5613. (a) An obligee shall have the right to cancel a contract with a private support collector under either of the following circumstances:
(1) Within 15 business days of the later of signing the contract, or receiving a blank notice of cancellation form, or at any time if the private child support collector commits a material breach of any provision of the contract or a material violation of any provision of this chapter with respect to the obligee or the obligor.
(2) At the end of any 12-month period in which the total amount collected by the private child support collector is less than 50 percent of the amount scheduled to be paid under a payment plan.
(b) A contract shall automatically terminate when the contract term has expired or the contract amount has been collected, whichever occurs first.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 797, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 5700.101.

5700.101. (a) This part may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
(b) There is a federal mandate set forth in Section 666(f) of Title 42 of the United States Code requiring California to adopt and have in effect the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, including any amendments officially adopted by the National Council of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws as of September 30, 2008.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 5700.103.

5700.103. (a) The superior court is the tribunal of this state.
(b) The Department of Child Support Services is the support enforcement agency of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 5700.104.

5700.104. (a) Remedies provided by this part are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This part does not:
(1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(2) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this part.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 5700.105.

5700.105. (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Chapters 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Chapter 7, to a support proceeding involving:
(1) a foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Chapters 1 through 6.
(c) Chapter 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Chapter 7 is inconsistent with Chapters 1 through 6, Chapter 7 controls.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.201.

5700.201. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
(1) the individual is personally served with notice within this state;
(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3) the individual resided with the child in this state;
(4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) the individual has filed a declaration of paternity pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 7570) of Part 2 of Division 12, maintained in this state by the Department of Child Support Services; or
(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of Section 5700.611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of Section 5700.615 are met.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.202.

5700.202. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this part or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by Sections 5700.205, 5700.206, and 5700.211.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.203.

5700.203. Under this part, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.204.

5700.204. (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and
(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.205.

5700.205. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(2) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(2) its order is not the controlling order.
(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(d) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.206.

5700.206. (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.208.

5700.208. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.209.

5700.209. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.210.

5700.210. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this part, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to Section 5700.316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to Section 5700.317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to Section 5700.318. In all other respects, Chapters 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 2 - Jurisdiction › Section 5700.211.

5700.211. (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:
(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or
(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.301.

5700.301. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this part, this chapter applies to all proceedings under this part.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this part by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.302.

5700.302. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.303.

5700.303. Except as otherwise provided in this part, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
(1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.304.

5700.304. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this part, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.305.

5700.305. (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Section 5700.301(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property;
(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this part, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this part upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this part, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.306.

5700.306. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.307.

5700.307. (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this part.
(b) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(4) within 14 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(5) within 14 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(c) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
(d) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to Section 5700.319.
(f) This part does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.308.

5700.308. (a) If the Attorney General or the Department of Child Support Services determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General or the department may order the agency to perform its duties under this part or may provide those services directly to the individual.
(b) The Department of Child Support Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.309.

5700.309. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this part.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.310.

5700.310. (a) The Department of Child Support Services is the state information agency under this part.
(b) The state information agency shall:
(1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this part and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this part received from another state or a foreign country; and
(4) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses, and social security.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.311.

5700.311. (a) In a proceeding under this part, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section 5700.312, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.312.

5700.312. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.313.

5700.313. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney’s own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.
(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under Chapter 6, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.314.

5700.314. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this part before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this part.
(c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this part committed by a party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.315.

5700.315. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this part.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.316.

5700.316. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.
(c) A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this part, a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this part.
(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this part.
(j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.317.

5700.317. A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.318.

5700.318. A tribunal of this state may:
(1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and
(2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application › Section 5700.319.

5700.319. (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.
(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the Department of Child Support Services or a tribunal of this state shall:
(1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
(2) issue and send to the obligor’s employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.
(c) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage › Section 5700.401.

5700.401. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this part has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or
(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.
(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
(1) a presumed father of the child;
(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
(3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;
(7) the mother of the child; or
(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 5700.305.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage › Section 5700.402.

5700.402. A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this part or a law or procedure substantially similar to this part.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration › Section 5700.501.

5700.501. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Section 5210 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration › Section 5700.502.

5700.502. (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Section 5700.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:
(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;
(2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
(3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment;
(4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and
(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:
(1) the employer’s fee for processing an income-withholding order;
(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and
(3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration › Section 5700.503.

5700.503. If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child-support obligees.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration › Section 5700.504.

5700.504. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this chapter is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Family Code - FAM › DIVISION 9 - SUPPORT › PART 6 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › CHAPTER 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration › Section 5700.505.

5700.505. An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)