California · Family Code
FAM §5613: (a) An obligee shall have the right to cancel a contract with a private support collector under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within 15 business days of the later of signing the contract,
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An obligee may cancel a contract with a private support collector within 15 business days of signing it.
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(a) An obligee shall have the right to cancel a contract with a private support collector under either of the following circumstances: (1) Within 15 business days of the later of signing the contract, or receiving a blank notice of cancellation form, or at any time if the private child support collector commits a material breach of any provision of the contract or a material violation of any provision of this chapter with respect to the obligee or the obligor. (2) At the end of any 12-month period in which the total amount collected by the private child support collector is less than 50 percent of the amount scheduled to be paid under a payment plan. (b) A contract shall automatically terminate when the contract term has expired or the contract amount has been collected, whichever occurs first.
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