The existence or enforcement of a duty of support owed by a noncustodial parent for the support of a minor child is not affected by a failure or refusal by the custodial parent to implement any rights as to custody or visitation granted by a court to the noncustodial parent.
Cal. Fam. Code § 3556
General Provisions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 4th 504 - In Re Marriage of Comer (1996)
Most recently applied in 59 Cal. App. 4th 998 - In Re Marriage of Walters (December 1997)
Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.