You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts. The conduct giving rise to this action took place, in whole or in part, in the County of San Diego, California.The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect, and the declaration shall have the force of a final judgment. Consult the rules and caselaw that govern in the court where you are filing the pleading. Under CCP, § 1062, a declaratory judgment under the California Declaratory Judgment Act does not preclude a party from obtaining other appropriate relief. Declaratory judgment. A declaratory judgment is a binding judgment from a court defining the legal relationship between parties and their rights in a matter before the court. Plaintiff filed this declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration, that pursuant to the. Venue is also appropriate in Ingham County Michigan under MCL. This may not be the case under state law.