17200. The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The department shall administer all services and perform all functions necessary to establish, collect, and distribute child support.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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