ARTICLE 4. Use of Deposit to Make Delinquent Support Payment [4570. - 4573.]

Cal. Family Code - FAM 4.

in effect

Cal. Family Code - FAM § 4570. Section 4570.

(a) Upon the application of the child support obligee stating that the support payment is 10 or more days late, the court shall immediately order disbursement of funds from the account established pursuant to this chapter solely for the purpose of providing the amount of child support then in arrears. (b) Funds so disbursed shall be used exclusively for the support, maintenance, and education of the child or children subject to the child support order. (c) The court shall also order the account to be replenished by the child support obligor in the same amounts as are expended from the account to pay the amount of child support which the child support obligor has failed to pay the child support obligee in a timely manner.

Cal. Family Code - FAM § 4571. Section 4571.

The court shall cause a copy of the application, as well as its order to disburse and replenish funds, to be served upon the child support obligor, who shall be subject to contempt of court for failure to comply with the order.

Cal. Family Code - FAM § 4572. Section 4572.

The court shall cause a copy of its order to disburse and replenish funds to be served upon the depository institution where the child support security deposit is maintained, and upon the child support agency with jurisdiction over the case.

Cal. Family Code - FAM § 4573. Section 4573.

If support is ordered to be paid through the local child support agency on behalf of a child not receiving public assistance pursuant to the Family Economic Security Act of 1982 (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code), the local child support agency shall forward the support received pursuant to this chapter to the custodial parent or other person having care or control of the child or children involved.

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