Section 3664 Of Article 2. Discovery Before Commencing Modification Or Termination Proceeding From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 2.
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. (a) At any time following a judgment of dissolution of
marriage or legal separation of the parties, or a determination of
paternity, that provides for payment of support, either the party
ordered to pay support or the party to whom support was ordered to be
paid or that party's assignee, without leave of court, may serve a
request on the other party for the production of a completed current
income and expense declaration in the form adopted by the Judicial
Council.
(b) If there is no response within 35 days of service of the
request or if the responsive income and expense declaration is
incomplete as to any wage information, including the attachment of
pay stubs and income tax returns, the requesting party may serve a
request on the employer of the other party for information limited to
the income and benefits provided to the party in the form adopted by
the Judicial Council. The employer may require the requesting party
to pay the reasonable costs of copying this information for the
requesting party. The date specified in the request served on the
employer for the production of income and benefit information shall
not be less than 15 days from the date this request is issued.
(c) The requesting party shall serve or cause to be served on the
employee described in this section or on his or her attorney a copy
of the request served on the employer prior to the date specified in
the request served on the employer for the production of income and
benefit information. This copy shall be accompanied by a notice that,
in a typeface that is intended to call attention to its terms,
indicates all of the following:
(1) That information limited to the income and benefits provided
to the employee by his or her employer is being sought from the
employer named in the request for production.
(2) That the information may be protected by right of privacy.
(3) That, if the employee objects to the production of this
information by the employer to the requesting party, the employee
shall notify the court, in writing, of this objection prior to the
date specified in the request served on the employer for the
production of income and benefit information.
(4) That, if the requesting party does not agree, in writing, to
cancel or narrow the scope of the request for the production of this
information by the employer, the employee should consult an attorney
regarding the employee's right to privacy and how to protect this
right.
(d) The employee described in this section may, prior to the date
specified in the request served on the employer for the production of
income and benefit information, bring a motion pursuant to Section
1987.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure to quash or modify this request
in the same manner as a subpoena duces tecum. Notice of this motion
shall be given to the employer prior to the date specified in the
request served on the employer for the production of income and
benefit information. No employer shall be required to produce
information limited to the income and benefits of the employee,
except upon order of the court or upon agreement of the parties,
employers, and employee affected.
(e) Service of a request for production of an income and expense
declaration or for income and benefit information pursuant to this
section or a copy thereof shall be by certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the
party to be served, or by personal service.
(f) The form adopted by the Judicial Council for purposes of the
request on an employer described in subdivision (b) shall state that
compliance with the request is voluntary, except upon order of the
court or upon agreement of the parties, employers, and employee
affected.