CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Attorney Fees Orders
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Attorney fee award may be payable to and enforced by attorney.

Attorney fee order accrues interest at 10%.

Error to enforce foreign atty fee award under Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act where Act excludes enforcement of support in matrimonial or family matters, and atty fee award was in nature of support.

Attorney fee order automatically bears interest.

Contempt may be used to enforce order for attorney fees and costs.

Attorney to whom fee order has been made payable may enforce it directly.

Attorney fee order qualifies as "common necessaries of life," and is subject to enforcement by writ of execution.

Enforcement of attorney fee claim against own client.