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(a) Any person with a court order for child support, the payments on which are more than 30 days in arrears, may file and then serve a notice of delinquency, as described in this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in Section 4726, and subject to Section 4727, any amount of child support specified in a notice of delinquency that remains unpaid for more than 30 days after the notice of delinquency has been filed and served shall incur a penalty of 6 percent of the delinquent payment for each month that it remains unpaid, up to a maximum of 72 percent of the unpaid balance due.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Family Code - FAM § 4722 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/family-code/fam-sect-4722.html
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