Get Fl 305

Step 1: Open a case. Begin by opening a family law case with your county's superior court. ... Step 2: Complete your custody forms. Next, you'll complete a request for custody orders. ... Step 3: File with the court. ... Step 4: Serve the other parent. ... Step 5: File the remaining forms.

Form FL-300, Request for Order, is the basic form you need to file with the court. Depending on your request, you may need these additional forms: When specific Judicial Council forms must be used to ask the court for orders. For example, to ask: • If you and the other party have an agreement.

An Order to Show Cause (OSC — also known as a Request for Order in California,) is a way to require both parties to appear in court to obtain a court order. An order may make someone do something, such as pay child support. Or it may stop someone from doing something, like harassing another person.

If you received a Request for Order (form FL-300), it means the other person in your family law case is asking the judge to make a decision. The court sets a date to hear from both sides (a hearing) before it makes a decision.

If You Received a Request for Order (Form FL-300) If you received a Request for Order (Form FL-300. ) together with attachments explaining what your spouse or domestic partner is requesting: ... Serve your papers on your spouse or domestic partner. ... File your proof of service. ... Go to your court hearing.

In general, once you are served with these papers, you have 30 days to file a response with the court.

You won't need a court date. The steps to respond to a Request for Order (form FL-300) are similar no matter what type of order the other side (your current or former spouse, partner, or child's parent) requested. You'll use the Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320) to respond.

States the court's decision (order) when a party asked for temporary emergency orders. Get form FL-305.