Where can I find information on getting or changing a court order for child support in California?

These resources contain information about the procedures and forms for getting and changing a child support order in California.

  • Practice Under the California Family Code: Dissolution, Legal Separation, Nullity (CEB), Main Reading Room (RR KFC126 .P73) or electronically on the law library computers using CEB OnLaw. See Chapter 8 “Child Support” 
  • California Child and Spousal Support: Establishing, Modifying and Enforcing (CEB), Main Reading Room (RR KFC130 .C344 2006) or electronically on the law library computers using CEB OnLaw. 
  • California Family Law Practice and Procedure (Lexis Advance), Main Reading Room (RR KFC115 .C342 1994) or electronically on the law library computers using Lexis Advance. See Chapter 41 “Child Support Orders” and Chapter 42 “Modification of Child Support Orders”

To find information online about child support, start at the “Child Support” section of the California Courts Online Self-Help Center, click here.
To get or respond to a court order for child support, you can find the forms online at the California Courts website, click here.
The family law facilitator or self-help center in your court may be able to help you with filling out your forms. For more information on the services of the Family Law Facilitators, click here. For hours and locations of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Family Law Facilitator Offices, click here.  For hours and locations of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Self-Help Centers, click here.

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