CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Child Support
......DCSS/DAs in Chld Supp. Litigation/Welfare
.........Procedural Issues
............Child Support Req'd if Welfare Paid
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If welfare being paid or likely to be paid, child support order must be made in order awarding custody of minor.

Judgment in which child support is reserved does not act to limit welfare reimbursement order (as would prior child support order in a specific amount).