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FL-915
Order and Notices to Minor on
Request to Marry or Establish a
Domestic Partnership
Minor Requesting Court Order
Name:
Gender:
Female
Male
Date of birth:
Nonbinary
Not provided
Clerk stamps date here when form is filed.
Minor's Proposed Spouse or Domestic Partner
Name:
Gender:
Address:
Date of birth:
Nonbinary
Female
Male
Not provided
Fill in court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of
3 Lawyer's Information (If parties have a lawyer):
Case Number:
Court fills in case number when form is filed.
State:
Zip:
State:
Zip:
State Bar No.:
Address:
City:
Telephone number:
City:
Telephone number:
Name:
Firm Name:
Address:
Telephone number:
E-Mail Address:
4 Review. The court has considered:
The request of minor to
a.
marry
establish a domestic partnership
The written consent from each minor's parent with legal authority or legal guardian.
The written report submitted to the court by Family Court Services.
The court's own separate and private interview of the parties.
4c and 4d do not apply if the minor is 17 years of age and has achieved a high school diploma or a high school
equivalency certificate.
The ability of the parties to pay for counseling.
Other
(specify):
Findings. The court makes the following findings:
a.
There
relating to the intended marriage or domestic partnership.
is
is no evidence of force, threat, persuasion, fraud, coercion, or duress on the minor
The minor in
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does not have a parent, a parent capable of consenting, or a legal guardian.
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This couple the ability to pay for premarital or prepartnership counseling.
does not have
has
Other
(specify):
Hearing Required
The court is considering whether it is in the best interest of the person or persons under 18 years of age to marry
or establish a domestic partnership at this time. The matter is scheduled for a hearing on
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Hearing
Date
Date:
Dept./Rm. or Address:
Time:
a.m.
p.m.
This is a Court Order.
Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov
Revised January 1, 2020, Mandatory Form
Family Code, §§ 297, 297.1, 302–304
Order and Notices to Minor on Request to
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This couple may get married if they meet all other requirements to get a marriage license.
This couple may establish a domestic partnership if they meet all other requirements to file a Declaration for
Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State.
After considering the ability of the couple to pay for counseling, the court orders that this couple must go to
counseling to learn about the social, economic, and personal responsibilities of being in a marriage or
domestic partnership.
This couple must show a certificate of completion of counseling before permission is granted.
This couple may not get married or establish a domestic partnership at this time.
Other (specify):
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Date:
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Other
(specify):
Judicial Officer
Is there a waiting period before we can
request a marriage license or file a
declaration of domestic partnership?
YES
NO
The parties MUST wait 30 days from the date
the court made the order granting permission
to marry or establish a domestic partnership
before filing a marriage license or filing a
declaration of domestic partnership.
There is NO waiting period if a minor in the
relationship is:
17 years of age and has a high school diploma
or a high school equivalency certificate.
OR
16 or 17 years of age and is pregnant or whose
prospective spouse or domestic partner is
pregnant.
hat to do with this order.
File it with the court. This order must be
filed with the clerk of the court where your case
is filed.
Get certified copies. Make copies of the
signed order and ask the clerk of the court where
your case is filed to certify the copies.
Apply for the license to marry or register
a domestic partnership.
For marriages, present a certified copy of the
order to the county clerk at the time you apply
for the marriage license. For domestic
partnerships, present the certified copy of the
order to the Secretary of State (with the
Declaration of Domestic Partnership) at the time
the domestic partnership is registered.
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other documents for your records.
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This is a Court Order.
Notices to Minor
Case Number:
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Where to get help
This notice gives you only basic information and is
not legal advice. If you want legal advice, ask a
lawyer for help. You may:
Contact the family law facilitator or self-help center in
your court for information, court forms, and referrals to
local legal resources. For more information, see
courts.ca.gov/courtresources.
Find a lawyer through a certified lawyer referral service
on the State Bar of California's website: www.calbar.
ca.gov/LRS or by calling 866-442-2529 (toll-free).
Hire a private mediator. For more information about
court and private services, see www.courts.ca.gov/
selfhelp-adr.htm.
Find information on the California Courts Online
Self-Help Center website: www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp.
Find free and low-cost legal help (if you qualify) at
www.lawhelpcalifornia.org.
Find information at your local law library or public
library.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
For a referral to a local domestic violence or legal
assistance program, call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline at:
-800-799-7233 (TDD: 1-800-787-3224).
t's free and private. Help is available in over 100
languages.
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Anyone affected by sexual assault, whether it
happened to you or someone you care about, can
find support by contacting the National Sexual
Assault Hotline at:
-800-656.HOPE (4673).
ou can also visit to receive online
support by confidential online chat.
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What it means to be an emancipated
minor
If you are under the age of 18 years and have an order
allowing you to marry or register a domestic
partnership, you are considered to be an emancipated
minor when you have entered into a valid marriage or
domestic partnership.
When you are emancipated, you are no longer under
the care and control of your parents or legal guardian. If
you are a dependent or ward of the juvenile court, your
legal status also changes when you are emancipated.
This affects certain rights relating to you and your
parents or legal guardians. For example:
You give up the right to financial support from your
parents or legal guardians.
Your parents or legal guardians lose the right to
control your finances, and they are no longer required
to support you.
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Rights of an emancipated minor
As specified in Family Code sections 7050
through 7052, as an emancipated minor you have
the right to:
Decide where you want to live;
Enroll yourself in school;
Apply for a work permit;
Make or revoke a will;
Keep the money you earn;
Decide how to spend the money you earn;
Enter into contracts, get a bank loan or credit card;
File a lawsuit or be sued in your own name;
Consent to your own medical, dental, and
psychiatric care; and
Buy, sell, lease, exchange, or transfer any
interest you have in real estate or personal
property.
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Rights of unemancipated minors
A minor who is 12 years or older may file for a
domestic violence restraining order in the minor's
own name.
A minor may consent to the matters provided in
Family Code sections 6920 to 6930, subject to
certain limitations, and the consent of the minor's
parent or legal guardian is not necessary. For
example:
Mental health treatment, outpatient counseling,
emergency residential shelter service
A minor who is 12 years of age or older may
consent to mental health treatment or counseling on
an outpatient basis, or to residential shelter services
or other supportive services on a temporary or
emergency basis. Both of the following
requirements must be satisfied:
(1)
(2)
The minor, in the opinion of the attending
professional person, is mature enough to
participate intelligently in the outpatient
services or residential shelter services.
The minor (A) would present a danger of
physical or mental harm to self or to others
without the mental health treatment or
counseling or residential shelter services, or
(B) is the alleged victim of incest or child
abuse.
Other rights
(1)
A minor who is 12 years of age or older may
consent to medical care and counseling relating
to the diagnosis and treatment of a drug- or
alcohol-related problem, prevention of a
sexually transmitted disease, or prevention or
treatment of pregnancy.
(2) A minor may make a contract in the same
manner as an adult. However, the contract can
be disaffirmed if the law so permits.
(3)
Minors may never (A) give a delegation of
power (B) contract relating to real property, or
(C) contract relating to personal property not
within the minor's immediate possession or
control.
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Other rights of an emancipated minor
With respect to shares of stock in a domestic or foreign
corporation, a membership in a nonprofit corporation, or
other property held by an emancipated minor, you may
do all of the following:
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Vote in person, and give proxies to exercise any voting
rights, with respect to the shares, membership, or
property;
Waive notice of any meeting or give consent to the
holding of any meeting; and
Authorize, ratify, approve, and affirm any action that
could be taken by shareholders, members, or property
owners.
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Limits on the rights of an
emancipated minor
Even if you have been declared an emancipated minor:
You must still attend school as required by law.
If you are charged with a crime, your case will be in the
Juvenile Court.
Labor laws relating to minors still apply to you and
prevent you from performing dangerous kinds of work.
You must still meet the age requirements in California
for obtaining a driver's license.
You cannot consent to sexual intercourse with anyone
who is not your legal spouse or domestic partner. This
means that any other adult who has sex with an
emancipated minor can still be prosecuted for unlawful
sexual intercourse with a minor.
6 Alternatives to emancipation
As an alternative to emancipation, you can consider:
Family counseling to help improve your relationship
with your parents while living with them.
Obtaining an order to make someone you trust your legal
guardian until you become 18 years old.
Getting help from public or private agencies in your area.
Making an informal agreement with your parents that
allows you to live with someone else. Note: The law
allows the caregiver to enroll you in school and obtain
basic medical care for you by completing a Caregiver's
Authorization Affidavit, even if the caregiver does not
have a court order for child custody. The affidavit can be
found online at http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/
caregiver.pdf
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How to annul a marriage or
domestic partnership
There are a number of forms and steps to complete
when filing for annulment. For information and
procedures for filing and responding to an annulment
case that is filed in family court, you can:
Visit the California Courts Online Self-Help
Center at www.courts.ca.gov/1037.htm#legal.
Talk to a lawyer. For help finding a lawyer, go to
www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-findlawyer.htm.
Visit your local court's self-help center at
www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-selfhelpcenters.htm.
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partnership, or both
Dissolution (Divorce): A divorce judgment ends your
marriage or domestic partnership, or both. You will be
legally a single person again. In a divorce case you can
ask the judge to make orders about parenting issues,
child support, spousal or partner support, and dividing
property and debts.
Legal Separation: A legal separation does not end a
marriage or domestic partnership. A couple may
decide to file for legal separation instead of a divorce
for religious reasons, financial reasons, or because
they just want to live apart and have court orders about
money, property, and parenting issues.
For information about divorce and legal separation,
including the procedures for filing in family court go
to www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-divorce.htm.
Read Legal Steps for a Divorce or Legal Separation
(form FL-107-INFO). This form can be found online
at www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl107info.pdf.
Summary Dissolution: This type of action is available
for couples who have been married or domestic
partners for less than five years, do not have children
together, do not seek an order for support, do not own
real estate or land, and have limited debts and
property. For more information, go to:
http://www.courts.ca.gov/1241.htm;
http://www.courts.ca.gov/1242.htm; and
http://www.courts.ca.gov/16430.htm.
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domestic partnership
The law describes circumstances in which a
marriage or domestic partnership is void (not
legally valid) from the very beginning.
Bigamous relationship: One or both people are
already married to (or in a registered domestic
partnership with) someone else. For more
information, see Family Code section 2201.
Incestuous relationship: This is a marriage or
partnership between two people who are close blood
relatives. See Family Code section 2200.
or domestic partnership
Family Code section 2210 describes circumstances
in which a marriage or domestic partnership can
be declared invalid (or voidable). The following
must have taken place at the time the parties married
or registered the domestic partnership:
Under age: The person filing for annulment was
under 18 years old.
Unsound mind: Either party was unable to
understand the nature of the marriage or domestic
partnership, including the obligations that come
with it.
Fraud: Either party decided to marry or register the
domestic partnership as a result of fraud. The party
was deceived about something vital to the
relationship that directly affected the decision to
marry or become a domestic partner. Some
examples are hiding the inability to have children or
just wanting to get a green card.
Force: Either party was forced to consent.
Physical incapacity: One of the parties was
physically incapable of "consummating" the
relationship (having sexual intercourse) and the
incapacity appears to be "incurable."
Prior existing marriage or domestic partnership:
The marriage or domestic partnership took place
after the former spouse or domestic partner was
absent for five years and not known to be living, or
was thought to be dead.
Note: See Family Code section 2211 for the time
limits for filing to nullify a voidable legal relationship.
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