Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: Notice of Motion to Set Arrears

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Re: Notice of Motion to Set Arrears

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NOW, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR INQUIRY --

So-called "Legal Interest" is assessed as a matter of law. There is no way (that I know of) to get around it, unless the payee parent (or DCSS) can be pursuaded to waive some of the principle retroactively and then apply your past payments to the interest. The form that you refer to is to request for an administrative hearing to determine or verify the amount of your arrears (and perhaps to establish a reasonable monthly payment for liquidating it).

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