{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.605","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.605","heading":"","body":"(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.\n(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:\n(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;\n(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under Section 5700.707;\n(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and\n(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.\n(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:\n(1) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;\n(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;\n(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and\n(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.\n(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5200) of Part 5.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]","CHAPTER 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [5700.601. - 5700.616.]","ARTICLE 2. Contest of Validity or Enforcement [5700.605. - 5700.608.]"],"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":"e47c43e1316d25f7a7439732a05066d7d27fafda01a12904c9c9b948b8b1147d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.604","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}