CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Enforcement
......Wage Assignment/Withholding Orders
.........In General
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Wage assignment is among remedies available to enforce support order.
  • Wage assignment equivalent may be used to collect child support from state employees.
  • Procedures to be followed by employers withholding wages pursuant to assignment.
  • Wage assignment statute permits collection of delinquent, as well as current, child support.
  • In absence of statutory defenses (either no default in support within statutory period, or amount claimed due is not owing), wage assignment is mandatory.
  • Wage assignment in presence of arrearage is mandatory.