CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Enforcement
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Wage Assignment/Withholding Orders
.........In General
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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.