Section 4551 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. Except as provided in this section, this chapter:
(a) Does not apply to a temporary child support order.
(b) Applies to an application for modification of child support
filed on or after January 1, 1992, but this chapter does not
constitute the basis for the modification.
(c) Applies to an application for modification of child support in
a case where the child support obligee has previously waived the
establishment of a child support trust account pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 4560 and now seeks the establishment of
the child support trust account.
(d) Applies to an order or judgment entered by the court on or
after January 1, 1993, ordering a child support obligor to pay a then
existing child support arrearage that the child support obligor has
unlawfully failed to pay as of the date of that order or judgment,
including the arrearages which were incurred before January 1, 1992.