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(commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 5200\u00a0<\/span>) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Family<\/span>\u00a0Code or\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 3088 of the Probate Code\u00a0<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002No assignment of wages, earned or to be earned, is valid unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002The assignment is contained in a separate written instrument, signed by the person by whom the wages or salary have been earned or are to be earned, and identifying specifically the transaction to which the assignment relates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002Where the assignment is made by a married person, the written consent of the spouse of the person making the assignment is attached to the assignment. \u2002No such consent is required of any married person\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">(A)<\/span>\u00a0after entry of a judgment decreeing a legal separation from such person&#8217;s spouse or\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">(B)<\/span>\u00a0if the married person and the spouse of the married person are living separate and apart after entry of an interlocutory judgment of dissolution of their marriage, if a written statement by the person making the assignment, setting forth such facts, is attached to or included in the assignment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002Where the assignment is made by a minor, the written consent of a parent or guardian of the minor is attached to the assignment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(4)\u2002Where the assignment is made by a person who is unmarried or who is an adult or who is both unmarried and an adult, a written statement by the person making the assignment, setting forth such facts, is attached to or included in the assignment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(5)\u2002No other assignment exists in connection with the same transaction or series of transactions and a written statement by the person making the assignment to that effect is attached to or included in the assignment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(6)\u2002A copy of the assignment and of the written statement provided for in paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), authenticated by a notary public, is filed with the employer, accompanied by an itemized statement of the amount then due to the assignee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(7)\u2002At the time the assignment is filed with the employer, no other assignment of wages of the employee is subject to payment and no earnings withholding order against the employee&#8217;s wages or salary is in force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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