Section 5700.502 Of Chapter 5. Enforcement Of Support Order Without Registration From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 5.
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.