Will my child support payments automatically begin when I am released from prison or jail?

If your child support order was made or modified on or after July 1, 2011 then your child support will automatically resume once you are released from jail.[2558] 

If your child support order was made before July 1, 2011 then you should check the judge's order to see if there is an expiration on the modification. If not the order will stay at zero until the recipient of the child support decides to file for modification again.[2559]

  1. 2558

    Cal. Fam. Code § 4007.5(a)(1). The law applies to child support orders issued on or after July 1, 2015, and remains in effect until July 1, 2020. § 4007.5(g), (h).

  2. 2559

    Cal. Fam. Code § 4007.5(a)(2).