California · Family Code
FAM §5238: (a) Where an assignment order or assignment orders include both current support and payments towards the liquidation of arrearages, priority shall be given first to the current child support obligatio
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When an assignment order includes both current child support and back-owed payments, current child support obligations receive priority in payment processing.
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