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Lang v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 22, 1984No. AO24633PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KING, J.

In this case we hold that a superior court cannot require requests for wage assignments for payment of child support or arrearages of child support to be brought upon noticed motion, and cannot refuse a proper ex parte request for a wage assignment for the payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees for obtaining the wage assignment. A local rule which so requires is invalid because it is inconsistent with statutory law and the California Rules of Court.

Claiming an arrearage owing for child support, Joyce A. Lang filed an ex parte application with respondent Santa Clara Superior…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Marriage of StutzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Arthur Frank Millard v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1990
  2. Cortez v. BootsmaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
  3. Cox v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SHASTA CTY.California Court of Appeal · 1993
  4. People v. CiracoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
  5. Tiffany v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993

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