California Family Code

§ 4252

FAM § 4252 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The superior court shall appoint one or more subordinate judicial officers as child support commissioners to perform the duties specified in Section 4251. The child support commissioners’ first priority always shall be to hear Title IV-D child support cases. The child support commissioners shall specialize in hearing child support cases, and their primary responsibility shall be to hear Title IV-D child support cases. Notwithstanding Section 71622 of the Government Code, the number of child support commissioner positions allotted to each court shall be determined by the Judicial Council in accordance with caseload standards developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), subject to appropriations in the annual Budget Act.

(b)The Judicial Council shall do all of the following:

(1)Establish minimum qualifications for child support commissioners.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 105. Effective January 1, 2003.