California · Family Code

FAM §5700.209: A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for

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State tribunals must credit child support payments collected in one case against amounts owed in another child-support order for the same period.

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A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.

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