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DIVISION 9. SUPPORT 3500-5700.905›PART 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS 4500-5616›CHAPTER 3. Deposit of Assets to Secure Future Child Support Payments 4600-4641›ARTICLE 2. Order for Deposit of Assets 4610-4617

§ 4612

California Family Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An obligor-parent alleged to be in arrears may use any of the following grounds as a defense to the motion filed pursuant to this article or as a basis for filing a motion to stop a sale or use of assets under Section 4631:

(a) Child support payments are not in arrears.

(b) Laches.

(c) There has been a change in the custody of the children.

(d) There is a pending motion for reduction in support due to a reduction in income.

(e) Illness or disability.

(f) Unemployment.

(g) Serious adverse impact on the immediate family of the obligor-parent residing with the obligor-parent that outweighs the impact of denial of the motion or stopping the sale on obligee.

(h) Serious impairment of the ability of the obligor-parent to generate income.

(i) Other emergency conditions.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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