No penalties may be imposed pursuant to this chapter if, in the discretion of the court, all of the following conditions are met:
(a) Within a timely fashion after service of the notice of delinquency, the support obligor files and serves a motion to determine arrearages and to show cause why the penalties provided in this chapter should not be imposed.
(b) At the hearing on the motion filed by the support obligor, the court finds that the support obligor has proved any of the following:
(1) The child support payments were not 30 days in arrears as of the date of service of the notice of delinquency and are not in arrears as of the date of the hearing.
(2) The support obligor suffered serious illness, disability, or unemployment which substantially impaired the ability of the support obligor to comply fully with the support order and the support obligor has made every possible effort to comply with the support order.
(3) The support obligor is a public employee and for reasons relating to fiscal difficulties of the employing entity the obligor has not received a paycheck for 30 or more days.
(4) It would not be in the interests of justice to impose a penalty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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