{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-4000","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 4000","heading":"","body":"If a parent has the duty to provide for the support of the parent’s child and willfully fails to so provide, the other parent, or the child by a guardian ad litem, may bring an action against the parent to enforce the duty.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","PART 2. CHILD SUPPORT [3900. - 4253.]","CHAPTER 2. Court-Ordered Child Support [4000. - 4253.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [4000. - 4014.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"731f55c879d441e33697218b19f8f2f72444e7c09afdac83fb7a0bf117b9aa5b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-3952","next":"us-ca/fam-4001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}