CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Bankruptcy
......Support Obligations
.........Support Assigned to County
7 Cards On This Topic:

A debt owed to state or county that is in nature of support nondischargeable in bankruptcy.

F's debt for pre-judgment AFDC payments, owed under state law to County, was in nature of support and enforceable under Title IV-D, and not dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Absent parent who owes money to county for child support payments is not entitled to discharge any portion of it, including portion that may have accumulated before entry of court order.

Debt father owed to County for costs of juvenile hall housing of W&IC §602 minor is dischargeable under chapter 7.

Judgment for welfare reimbursement, with no prior support order, is dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Child support debt assigned to County is dischargeable absent court order which establishes father's support duty, and begins support right accruing in mother or child.

Child support assigned to state under Social Security Act is not dischargeable.