DIVISION 9. SUPPORT 3500-5700.905›PART 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS 4500-5616›CHAPTER 5. Civil Penalty for Child Support Delinquency 4720-4733

§ 4721

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) This chapter applies only to installments of child support that are due on or after January 1, 1992.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the penalties provided under this chapter shall be applied in egregious instances of noncompliance with child support orders.

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that for the purposes of this chapter, payments made through wage assignments are considered timely regardless of the date of receipt by the local child support agency or obligee.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 808, Sec. 49. Effective September 28, 2000.)

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