Section 117503 - Registration of Orders(a) A local child support agency shall request an initiating state or foreign country to provide certified copies of all orders to be registered when the initiating state or foreign country requests registration of an order for enforcement and/or modification.(b) Where California is acting as the responding jurisdiction to a state as defined by UIFSA, a local child support agency is not required to register an order if it can be enforced in this state through administrative remedies without registration. An order issued outside the United States must be registered in this state prior to enforcement by a local child support agency.(c) Where an order is issued in a country that does not qualify as a foreign country pursuant to Family Code section 5700.102(5), a local child support agency may seek recognition and enforcement of the order in this state based on comity.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 117503
Note: Authority cited: Sections 17306, 17310 and 17312, Family Code. Reference: Sections 5700.102, 5700.104, 5700.507, 5700.601, 5700.602, 5700.603, 5700.604 and 5700.605, Family Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 17306, 17310 and 17312, Family Code. Reference: Sections 4946 and 4950- 4954, Family Code.
1. New section filed 9-24-2001 as an emergency; operative 9-24-2001 (Register 2001, No. 39). Pursuant to Family Code section 17306(e), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-25-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 3-19-2002 as an emergency; operative 3-26-2002 (Register 2002, No. 12). Pursuant to Family Code section 17306(e), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-23-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-19-2002 order, including amendment of subsection (b)(3), transmitted to OAL 9-13-2002 and filed 10-28-2002 (Register 2002, No. 44).
4. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 3-11-2024; operative 7/1/2024 (Register 2024, No. 11).