Family Code section 5613

(a)

An obligee shall have the right to cancel a contract with a private support collector under either of the following circumstances:

(1)

Within 15 business days of the later of signing the contract, or receiving a blank notice of cancellation form, or at any time if the private child support collector commits a material breach of any provision of the contract or a material violation of any provision of this chapter with respect to the obligee or the obligor.

(2)

At the end of any 12-month period in which the total amount collected by the private child support collector is less than 50 percent of the amount scheduled to be paid under a payment plan.

(b)

A contract shall automatically terminate when the contract term has expired or the contract amount has been collected, whichever occurs first.

Source: Section 5613, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=5613.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2007; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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