Section 4722 Of Chapter 5. Civil Penalty For Child Support Delinquency From California Family Law Code >> Division 9. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 5.
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. (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.