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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY

STATE BAR NUMBER:

FOR COURT USE ONLY

FL-540

Use this form to ask the court to recognize a tribal court order that assigns all or part of the following types of benefits to an 
alternative payee: child support payments; spousal support payments; or marital property rights for a spouse, former spouse, 
child, or other dependent of a participant in a retirement plan or other plan of deferred compensation. You can make this 
application in the superior court of any county in which an applicant resides. You must attach a certified copy of the tribal 
court order.  

f one party to the tribal court action has not agreed to or is unable to proceed with the filing of a joint application for recognition, 
use Application for Recognition of Tribal Court Order Dividing Retirement Plan or Other Deferred Compensation (form FL-541). 

ote: Recognition of a tribal court order based on this application does not give a court of this state jurisdiction to modify or 

enforce the tribal court order.

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1. 

Applicant One (Petitioner in the tribal court action) (name):
Mailing address:

JOINT APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF TRIBAL COURT ORDER 
DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN OR OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION

CASE NUMBER:

STATE:

FAX NO.:

ZIP CODE:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
STREET ADDRESS:

NAME:

FIRM NAME:

STREET ADDRESS:

CITY:

TELEPHONE NO.:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

ATTORNEY FOR (name):

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

APPLICANT ONE:

APPLICANT TWO:

2. 

Applicant Two (Respondent in the tribal court action) (name):

Telephone number:
Email address:

Mailing address:

Telephone number:
Email address:

Telephone number:
Email address:

3. 

Tribal court that issued the order (name):
Mailing address:

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
FL-540 [New January 1, 2023]

JOINT APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF TRIBAL COURT ORDER  
DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN OR OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Page 1 of 2

Code of Civil Procedure,   1733.1 
Family Code,    2611 
www.courts.ca.gov

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5. 

Date:

Date:

Date:

Date:

APPLICANT ONE:

APPLICANT TWO:

CASE NUMBER:

FL-540

The applicants are parties to the underlying action in tribal court, and ask the court to recognize the order from the                      

                                                                                                         issued on                          
 tribal court (name of court):

(date issued with tribal court):

under Code of Civil Procedure section 1733.1.

A certified copy of the tribal court order to be recognized is attached to this form.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT ONE)

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT TWO)

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY)

(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)

(SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY)

Notice: This application form complies with the requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 1733.1. Under Family Code 
section 2611, a final order of a tribal court filed in accordance with section 1733.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be 
recognized as an order made pursuant to the domestic relations laws of this state.

FL-540 [New January 1, 2023]

JOINT APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF TRIBAL COURT ORDER  
DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN OR OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION

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FL-540 JOINT APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF TRIBAL COURT ORDER DIVIDING RETIREMENT PLAN OR OTHER DEFERRED COMPENSATION

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Page(s): 2
Fields(s): 44
Average fields per page: 22
Reading Level: Grade 8
LIST Grouping(s): Unknown

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