{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-4003","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 4003","heading":"","body":"In any case in which the support of a child is at issue, the court may, upon a showing of good cause, order a separate trial on that issue. The separate trial shall be given preference over other civil cases, except matters to which special precedence may be given by law, for assigning a trial date. If the court has also ordered a separate trial on the issue of custody pursuant to Section 3023, the two issues shall be tried together.","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":"34a410d80767f6fd5cc3605279ef7c8644701709ba29ba20d2c7578508619d74","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-4002","next":"us-ca/fam-4004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}