Section 5700.305 Of Chapter 3. Civil Provisions Of General Application From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 3.
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.