California Family Code

§ 6347

FAM § 6347 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 10 · Part 4 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Commencing July 1, 2016, in order to ensure that the requesting party can maintain an existing wireless telephone number, and the wireless numbers of any minor children in the care of the requesting party, the court may issue an order, after notice and a hearing, directing a wireless telephone service provider to transfer the billing responsibility for and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers to the requesting party, if the requesting party is not the accountholder.

(b)(1) The order transferring billing responsibility for and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers to a requesting party shall be a separate order that is directed to the wireless telephone service provider. The order shall list the name and billing telephone number of the accountholder, the name and contact information of the person to whom the telephone number or numbers will be transferred, and each telephone number to be transferred to that person. The court shall ensure that the contact information of the requesting party is not provided to the accountholder in proceedings held pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200).

(2)The order shall be served on the wireless service provider’s agent for service of process listed with the Secretary of State.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 415, Sec. 2. (AB 1407) Effective January 1, 2016.