Custody & support in California

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• CASB1364 2025-2026By Caroline Menjivar (D) · 2 cosponsors⚠ check quote
  Child custody.

  AI summary Creates a rebuttable presumption against custody for a parent found by clear and convincing evidence to have committed sexual assault resulting in the child's conception, requires courts to consider such abuse in best-interest determinations, and expands circumstances for terminating parental rights

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time, paternity, domestic violence custody
  Stage: Law Sep 30: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 848, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1875 2025-2026By Gregg Hart (D) · 13 cosponsors
  Dissolution of marriage.

  AI summary Shortens the mandatory waiting period before a dissolution judgment can become final when parties have resolved all material issues, allowing faster finalization of divorce and any associated custody or parenting time orders.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time, child support, alimony
  Stage: Law Sep 27: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2026.
• CASB1264 2025-2026By Suzette Valladares (R)
  Probate: notice of death for child support obligations.

  AI summary Requires notice of death to child support agency when personal representative has actual knowledge of a decedent's child support obligation (or that of an heir/beneficiary), allowing the agency to assert a claim against the estate within 4 months, so more effective collection of unpaid child support

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  Stage: Law Sep 20: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB2395 2025-2026By LaShae Sharp-Collins (D)
  Child support: compromise of arrears program.

  AI summary Increases the amount of child support arrears that local agencies can compromise from $5,000 to $10,000, makes compliance with current support optional rather than required before compromise, prohibits requiring a repayment offer in the application, caps processing time at 180 days, and adds uniform

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  Stage: ✕ Vetoed Sep 18: Vetoed by Governor.
• CAAB2195 2025-2026By Celeste Rodriguez (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Child support: license suspensions.

  AI summary Expands the income threshold and relief eligibility for avoiding license suspension due to unpaid child support, so the paying parent with low income faces fewer enforcement consequences.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentsupport enforcement
  Stage: Law Sep 18: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB2789 2025-2026By Judiciary
  Mediation: child custody and visitation.

  AI summary Requires written notice of mediation (including by court staff at hearings) and a standardized notice form that informs parties of confidentiality and separate mediation sessions upon request in cases of alleged domestic violence history or protective orders.

  =No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time, domestic violence custody
  Stage: Law Aug 22: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 118, Statutes of 2026.
• CAAB1643 2025-2026By Stephanie Nguyen (D) · 1 cosponsor
  Child support.

  AI summary Requires all child support orders to be treated as applications for Title IV-D enforcement services (with an opt-out option for non-mandatory cases), mandates transmission of orders and contact info to local agencies, and directs payments through the State Disbursement Unit, so more automatic state/

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentchild support
  Stage: Committee May 14: In committee: Held under submission.
• CAAB1978 2025-2026By Natasha Johnson (R)
  California Equal Shared Parenting Act.

  AI summary Establishes a rebuttable presumption of equal parenting time (at least 45% overnights) in custody cases meeting fitness and proximity criteria, with a high bar (clear and convincing evidence) to rebut it, so more rights for the less-custodial parent.

  ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentcustody parenting time, domestic violence custody
  Stage: Committee Mar 2: Referred to Com. on JUD.
• CASB589 2025-2026By Marie Alvarado-Gil (R)
  Spousal support: factors.

  AI summary Extends the prohibition on spousal support awards (and related attorney fee and property rules) to cases where the family court finds a violent sexual felony occurred without a criminal conviction, so the paying or less-custodial spouse faces more restrictions on receiving support.

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentalimony, domestic violence custody
  Stage: ✕ Failed Feb 2: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
• CAAB1375 2025-2026By Josh Hoover (R) · 2 cosponsors
  Consideration when determining child custody: human trafficking.

  AI summary Adds human trafficking of a child or other parent as a factor courts must consider in best-interest determinations for custody, which can weigh against granting custody to the trafficking parent similar to existing domestic violence presumptions.

  ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentdomestic violence custody, custody parenting time
  Stage: Law Oct 7, 2025: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 452, Statutes of 2025.

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