同時跟據section 4501 and 4502的規定,阿a court order可以強制對方付錢,所以基本上您朋友的情況只要上庭,應該會得到合理的解決,同時如果父親是公民,照理他的親生子女也可以合法取得在美永久居住的權利,這部份應該也可以一併解決。
以下是電話號碼for LA county的dcfs
http://www.first5.org/docs/Partnerships/FI/100805/ListDCFSARAgencies.pdf
這是la county dcfs的官方網站
http://dcfs.co.la.ca.us/
原文如下
3900. Subject to this division, the father and mother of a minor
child have an equal responsibility to support their child in the
manner suitable to the child's circumstances.
3901. (a) The duty of support imposed by Section 3900 continues as
to an unmarried child who has attained the age of 18 years, is a
full-time high school student, and who is not self-supporting, until
the time the child completes the 12th grade or attains the age of 19
years, whichever occurs first.
(b) Nothing in this section limits a parent's ability to agree to
provide additional support or the court's power to inquire whether an
agreement to provide additional support has been made.
4501. A family support order is enforceable in the same manner and
to the same extent as a child support order.
4502. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a judgment
for child, family, or spousal support, including a judgment for
reimbursement that includes, but is not limited to, reimbursement
arising under Section 17402 or other arrearages, including all lawful
interest and penalties computed thereon, is enforceable until paid
in full and is exempt from any requirement that judgments be renewed.
(b) Although not required, a judgment described in subdivision (a)
may be renewed pursuant to the procedure applicable to money
judgments generally under Article 2 (commencing with Section 683.110)
of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil
Procedure. As provided in subdivision (a), the option of renewing
the judgment has no effect on the enforceability of the amount due.
An application for renewal of a judgment described in subdivision
(a), whether or not payable in installments, may be filed:
(1) If the judgment has not previously been renewed as to past due
amounts, at any time.
(2) If the judgment has previously been renewed the amount of the
judgment as previously renewed and any past due amount that became
due and payable after the previous renewal may be renewed at any time
after a period of at least five years has elapsed from the time the
judgment was previously renewed.
(c) In an action to enforce a judgment for child, family, or
spousal support, the defendant may raise, and the court may consider,
the defense of laches only with respect to any portion of the
judgment owed to the state.