( September 1, 2026, 2:56 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A child support recipient says in an appellee brief to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that a federal court properly ordered three companies that process state-issued child support payments to pay $7.6 million in restitution for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by charging child support recipients a 50-cent service fee for customer service phone calls, arguing it is “undisputed” that the practices at issue are unfair....