CA Civ Proc Code Section 706.022

(a)

As used in this section, “withholding period” means the period which commences on the 10th day after service of an earnings withholding order upon the employer and which continues until the earliest of the following dates:

(1)

The date the employer has withheld the full amount required to satisfy the order.

(2)

The date of termination specified in a court order served on the employer.

(3)

The date of termination specified in a notice of termination served on the employer by the levying officer.

(4)

The date of termination of a dormant or suspended earnings withholding order as determined pursuant to Section 706.032.

(b)

Except as otherwise provided by statute, an employer shall withhold the amounts required by an earnings withholding order from all earnings of the employee payable for any pay period of the employee which ends during the withholding period.

(c)

An employer is not liable for any amounts withheld and paid over to the levying officer pursuant to an earnings withholding order prior to service upon the employer pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a).