California Family Code

§ 5700.316

FAM § 5700.316 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 9 · Part 6 · Ch. 3

Statute text

(a)The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.

(b)An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.

(c)A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.