Legal Opinion
County of Yuba v. Savedra
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 2000No. C030482PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KOLKEY, J.
The County of Yuba (the County) appeals from a default judgment establishing paternity in respondent Jose George Savedra, but declining to order that respondent pay child support. In so holding, the Yuba County Family Court Commissioner (the trial court) ruled that “notwithstanding Welfare & Institutions Code section 11355(b)[,][1] evidence of. . . income must be presented before the proposed judgment can be entered.”
The trial court erred. Where the defendant parent defaults in an action seeking an order of child support pursuant to the procedures set forth in former section…
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