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FL-300-INFO Information Sheet for Request for Order
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USE Request for Order (form FL-300):
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To schedule a court hearing and ask the court to make new orders or to change orders in your case. The request
can be about child custody, visitation (parenting time), child support, spousal or partner support, property,
finances, attorney’s fees and costs, or other matters.
To change or end the domestic violence restraining orders granted by the court in Restraining Order After
Hearing (form DV-130). See How Do I Ask to Change or End a Domestic Violence Restraining Order (form
DV-400-INFO) for more information.
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DO NOT USE Request for Order (form FL-300):
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Before you have filed a Petition to start your case (form FL-300 may be filed with the Petition).
If you and the other party have an agreement. For information about how to write up your agreement, get it
approved by the court, and filed in your case, see http://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-agreeFL, talk to an
attorney, or get help at your court’s Self-Help Center or Family Law Facilitator’s Office.
When specific Judicial Council forms must be used to ask the court for orders. For example, to ask:
–For a domestic violence restraining order, use forms DV-100, DV-109, and DV-110.
–For an order for contempt, use form FL-410.
–To cancel a child support order, use form FL-360 or form FL-640.
–To cancel a voluntary declaration of parentage or paternity, use form FL-280.
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Forms checklist
a.
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:
To request child custody or visitation (parenting time) orders, you may need to complete some of these forms:
b.
FL-105, Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
FL-311, Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Application Attachment
FL-312, Request for Child Abduction Prevention Orders
FL-341(C), Children’s Holiday Schedule Attachment
FL-341(D), Additional Provisions—Physical Custody Attachment
FL-341(E), Joint Legal Custody Attachment
c.
If you want child support, you need:
A current FL-150, Income and Expense Declaration. You may use form FL-155, Financial Statement
(Simplified) instead of form FL-150 if you meet the requirements listed on page 2 of form FL-155.
d.
If you want spousal or partner support or orders about your finances, you need:
A current FL-150, Income and Expense Declaration
FL-157, Spousal or Partner Support Declaration Attachment (if the request is to change a support judgment)
e.
If you want attorney’s fees and costs, you need:
A current FL-150, Income and Expense Declaration
FL-319, Request for Attorney’s Fees and Costs Attachment (or provide the information in a declaration)
FL-158, Supporting Declaration for Attorney’s Fees and Costs Attachment (or provide the information in a
declaration)
f.
To request temporary emergency (ex parte) orders, you need:
FL-305, Temporary Emergency Orders to serve as the proposed temporary emergency orders.
Your declaration describing how and when you gave notice about the request for temporary emergency
orders. You may use form FL-303, Declaration Regarding Notice and Service of Request for Temporary
Emergency (Ex Parte) Orders.
Other forms required by local courts. See item 9 on page 3 of this form for more information.
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If you plan to have witnesses testify at the hearing, you need:
FL-321, Witness List
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If you want to request a separate trial (bifurcation) on an issue, you need:
FL-315, Request or Response to Request for Separate Trial
Form Approved for Optional Use
Judicial Council of California
www.courts.ca.gov
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Complete form FL-300 (Page 1)
Caption: In the top box, print or type your name,
address, telephone number, and email address if
you have one. In the second box, put the court
address. In the third box, write the name of the
Petitioner, Respondent, and Other Parent/Party
(if there is one). (You must use the party names
as they appear in the petition that was originally
filed with the court).
In the fourth box, check “CHANGE” if you want
to change an existing order. Check
“TEMPORARY EMERGENCY ORDERS” if you
are asking the court to make emergency orders
that will be effective until the hearing date. Then,
check all the boxes that apply to the orders you
are requesting. In the box on the right, write the
case number.
Item 1: List the name(s) of the other person(s)
in your case who will receive your
request. In some cases, this might
include a grandparent who is joined
as a party in the case, a local child
support agency, or a lawyer who
represents a child in the case.
Item 2: Leave this blank. The court clerk will
fill in the date, time, and place of the
hearing.
Item 3: This is a notice to all other parties.
Items Leave these blank. The court will
4–5: complete them if it orders a hearing.
Item 6: In some counties, the court clerk will
check item 6 and provide the details for
your required child custody mediation or
recommending counseling appointment.
Other courts require the party or the
party’s lawyer to make the appointment
and then complete item 6 before filing
form FL-300.
Ask your court’s Family Law Facilitator
or Self-Help Center to find out what your
court requires.
Items: Leave these blank. The court will
7–8: complete them, if needed.
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Complete form FL-300 (pages 2–4)
Complete additional forms and make copies
Complete any additional forms that you need to file
with the Request for Order. Make at least two
copies of your full packet.
Note: You may file one form FL-150 to respond
to items 3, 4, and 6.
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File your documents
Give your paperwork and the copies you made to
the court clerk to process. You may take them to the
clerk’s office in person, mail them, or, in some
counties, you can e-file them.
The clerk will keep the original and give you back
the copies you made with a court date and time
stamped on the first page of the Request for Order.
The procedure may be different in some courts if
you are requesting temporary emergency orders.
Pay filing fees
A fee is due at the time of filing.
If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, and you
do not already have a valid fee waiver order in this
case, you can ask the court to waive the fee by
completing and filing form FW-001, Request to
Waive Court Fees and form FW-003, Order on
Court Fee Waiver.
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Who can be a “server”
You cannot serve the papers. Have someone else
(who is at least 18 years old) do it. The “server” can
be a friend, a relative who is not involved in your
case, a sheriff, or a professional process server.
“Personal Service”
Personal service means that your “server” walks up
to each person to be served, makes sure the right
person is being served, and hand-delivers a copy of
all the papers (and the blank forms). If the person
served does not take the papers, the server may
leave the papers near the person.
Note: Sometimes the papers may be personally
served on the other party’s lawyer (if he or she has
one) in the family law case.
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“Service by mail”
means that your “server”
places copies of all the
papers (including blank
forms) in a sealed
envelope and mails them
to the address of each
party being served (or to the party’s lawyer, if the
party has one).
The server must be 18 years of age or older and
live or work in the county where the mailing took
place.
Important! If you have questions about personal
service or service by mail, talk to a lawyer or
check with your court’s Family Law Facilitator or
Self-Help Center at http://www.courts.ca.gov/
selfhelp-courtresources.htm.
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Temporary Emergency (Ex Parte) Orders
(not domestic violence restraining orders)
Courts can make temporary orders in your family
law case to respond to emergencies that cannot wait
to be heard on the court’s regular hearing calendar.
The emergency must involve an immediate danger
or irreparable harm to a party or children in the
case, or an immediate loss or damage to property.
To request these orders:
Complete form FL-300. Describe the emergency
and explain why you need the temporary
emergency orders before the hearing.
Complete form FL-305 to serve as your proposed
temporary orders.
Include a declaration describing how and
when you notified the other parties (or why you
could not give notice) about your request and the
hearing (see form FL-303).
Complete other forms if required by your
local court rules.
Follow your court’s local procedures for
reserving the day for the hearing, submitting your
paperwork, and paying filing fees.
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General information about “service”
“Service” is the act of giving your legal papers to
all persons named as parties in the case so that they
know what orders you are asking for and have
information about the hearing.
If the other parties are NOT properly served, the
judge cannot make the orders you requested on the
date of the hearing.
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Serve the Request for Order and blank
forms
The other party must be “served” with a:
Copy of the Request for Order and all the other
forms and attachments filed with the court clerk.
Copy of any temporary emergency orders
granted.
Blank form FL-320, Responsive Declaration to
Request for Order.
Blank form FL-150, Income and Expense
Declaration (if you served form FL-150 or
FL-155).
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Service by Mail
If you are not required to use personal service, you
may use service by mail.
Important! Check with your court’s Family Law
Facilitator's Office or Self-Help Center, or ask a
lawyer to be sure you are allowed to use service by
mail in your case.
A Request for Order to change a judgment or final
order on the issue of child custody, visitation
(parenting time), or child support may be served by
mail if:
The documents do not include temporary
emergency orders;
The court did not order personal service; and
You have verified the other party’s current home
or office address. (You may use Declaration
Regarding Address Verification (form FL-334).)
To change a judgment or final order on any other
issue, including spousal or domestic partner
support, the Request for Order may need to be
personally served on the other party.
1. After serving, the server must fill out a Proof of
Service by Mail (form FL-335) and give it to
you. If the server needs instructions, the Information
Sheet for Proof of Service by Mail
(form FL-335-INFO) can be provided.
2. Take the completed Proof of Personal Service
form to the clerk’s office (or e-file it, if available
in your court) at least 5 court days before your
hearing.
Deadline: Unless the court orders a different time,
service by mail must be completed at least 16 court
days PLUS 5 calendar days before the hearing
date (if service is in California). Other time lines
apply for service outside of California.
Personal Service
Personal service is the best way to make sure the
other adults in your case are correctly served.
Sometimes you must use personal service.
You must use personal service when the court:
Ordered personal service;
Granted temporary emergency orders;
Does not yet have the power to make orders that
apply to the other party because he or she has
either NOT previously:
Been served with a Summons and Petition;*
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Appeared in the case by filing a:
a. Response to a Petition;
b. Appearance, Stipulations, and Waivers;
c. Written notice of appearance;
d. Request to strike all or part of the Petition; or
e. Request to transfer the case.
*Note: A Request for Order may be served at the
same time as the family law Summons
and Petition.
1. After serving, the server must fill out a Proof of
Personal Service (form FL-330) and give it to
you. If the server needs instructions, the
Information Sheet for Proof of Personal Service
(form FL-330-INFO) can be provided.
2. Take the completed Proof of Personal Service
form to the clerk’s office (or e-file it, if
available in your court) at least 5 court days
before your hearing.
Deadline: The deadline for personal service is 16
court days before the hearing date, unless the court
orders a different deadline.
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et ready for your hearing
Take at least two copies of your documents and filed forms to the hearing. Include a filed Proof of Service form.
Find more information about preparing for your hearing at http://www.courts.ca.gov/1094.htm.
For information about having the other party testify in court, go to http://www.courts.ca.gov/29283.htm.
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After the hearing, the order made on form FL-340, Findings and Order After Hearing, must be filed and served.
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Find a lawyer through your local bar association, the State Bar of California at http://calbar.ca.gov, or the
Lawyer Referral Service at 1-866-442-2529.
For free and low-cost legal help (if you qualify), go to http://www.lawhelpca.org.
Contact the Family Law Facilitator or Self-Help Center for information and assistance, and referrals to local
legal services providers. Go to http://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-courtresources.htm.
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Do you have questions or need help?
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When to use personal service or service by mail
