CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......URESA/RURESA [Repealed]
.........Procedural Matters
............Registration
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Registration process described.

Upon registration, foreign support order is treated in all measures as if it were a Cal. order.

Child support order may be registered in any county where either child or obligor lives.

Foreign order for assignment of wages may be registered in Cal.

Obligor has limited right to challenge registration.

Obligee's registration of order in Cal. constitutes an appearance and consent to Cal. jurisdiction.

Failure to challenge registration does not bar subsequent challenge to amount of arrearage alleged; obligor has all same defenses as if Cal. judgment.

Personal jurisdiction not required to confirm registration of foreign support order and enforce it per RURESA.