Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500 - 5700.905]
( Division 9 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. ) PART 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS [4500 - 5616]
( Part 5 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. ) CHAPTER 5. Civil Penalty for Child Support Delinquency [4720 - 4733]
( Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. ) 4722.
(a) Any person with a court order for child support, the payments on which are more than 30 days in arrears, may file and then serve a notice of delinquency, as described in this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in Section 4726, and subject to Section 4727, any amount of child support specified in a notice of delinquency that remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the notice of delinquency has been filed and served shall incur a penalty of 6 percent of the delinquent payment for each month that it remains unpaid, up to a maximum of 72 percent of the unpaid balance due.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)