The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The department shall administer all services and perform all functions necessary to establish, collect, and distribute child support.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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Terms Used In California Family Code 17200

  • Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150