PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY (name, state bar number, and address):  

FOR COURT USE ONLY

FL-594

STATE BAR NO.:

STATE:

FAX NO.:

ZIP CODE:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF

NAME: 

FIRM NAME:

STREET ADDRESS:
CITY:

TELEPHONE NO.:

E-MAIL ADDRESS:

ATTORNEY FOR (name):

STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF:

RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT:

OTHER PARENT:

REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING REGISTRATION OF AN 
INTERNATIONAL HAGUE CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER

CASE NUMBER:

1. A hearing on this application will be held as follows (see instructions on how to get a hearing date and for more information about  

what an International Hague Convention Support Order is and how to fill out this form):  

NOTICE OF HEARING

a.   Date:

Time:

Dept:

Div:

Room:

b.   The address of the court is

same as noted above

Other

(specify):

2.

I request that the court refuse recognition and enforcement of the International Hague Convention Support Order because: 

recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing 
court or tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard.    

the court or tribunal that issued the order did not have personal jurisdiction as listed in Family Code section 5700.201.

the order is not enforceable in the country that issued it. 

the order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure.

a record registering this order as required by Family Code section 5700.706 is not authentic or lacks integrity.  

a case between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a court in California, and that case was 
the first to be filed. 

the order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose. The 
more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under Family Code sections 5700.101–5700.905.

the alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part.

I did not attend the hearing, nor did I have a lawyer in the country that issued the order. The law of the issuing country  
provides for prior notice of proceedings, but I did not have proper notice of the proceedings or an opportunity to be heard.

I did not attend the hearing, nor did I have a lawyer in the country that issued the order. The law of that county does not 
provide for prior notice of the proceedings, and I did not have proper notice of the order or an opportunity to be heard in a  
challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal.

the order was made in violation of Family Code section 5700.711.

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

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

k.

Date:

 (TYPE OR PRINT NAME) 

Form Adopted for Mandatory Use   
Judicial Council of California   
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AN INTERNATIONAL HAGUE CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER

(SIGNATURE OF DECLARANT) 

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Family Code, §§ 5700.707, 5700.708 
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PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF:

RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT:

OTHER PARENT:

at (place):

on (date):

Date:

I certify that I am not a party to this cause and that a true copy of the Request for Hearing Regarding Registration of an International  
Hague Convention Support Order was mailed first class, postage fully prepaid, in a sealed envelope addressed as shown below, and  
that the notice was mailed     

CLERK'S CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

, California

Clerk, by

, Deputy

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           INFORMATION SHEET FOR REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING 
REGISTRATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL HAGUE CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER
(Do NOT deliver this information sheet to the court clerk.) 

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Please follow these instructions to complete the Request for Hearing Regarding Registration of an International Hague Convention  
Support Order (form FL-594) if you do not have an attorney representing you. Your attorney, if you have one, should complete this form.

This form should be used if you received a notice or statement of registration telling you that a support order made in another 
country is being registered in a California court but you do not want that support order registered. To request a hearing 
regarding an out-of-state or foreign order, which is not an International Hague Convention Support Order, use form FL-575. 

An International Hague Convention Support Order is one that was made under the Convention on the International Recovery of  
Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. The Convention is now part  
of Family Code sections 5700.101–5700.905.

You must file your completed request for hearing with the court clerk. You must also give the court clerk addressed envelopes with  
postage paid to mail copies of your request for hearing to the other parties. The address of the court clerk is the same as the one 
shown for the superior court on the notice or statement of registration you received. You may have to pay a filing fee to request a 
hearing. If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, you must file a Request to Waive Court Fees (form FW-001). You can get this form 
from the court clerk, family law facilitator, or California Courts website at www.courts.ca.gov.         

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING REGISTRATION FORM (YOU CAN COMPLETE
THE FORM ON A COMPUTER, BY TYPING, OR BY PRINTING IN INK):  

Page 1, first box, top of form, left side: Print your name, address, and phone number in this box.

Page 1, second box, left side: Print the court's address in this box. Use the same address for the court that is on the notice or  
statement of registration form you received.   

Page 1, third box, left side: Print the names of the Petitioner/Plaintiff, Respondent/Defendant, and Other Parent in this box. Use the 
same names as listed on the notice or statement of registration form you received.    

Page 1, first box, top of form, right side: Leave this box blank for the court's use. 

Page 1, second box, right side: Print your case number in this box. This number is also shown on the notice or statement of  
registration you received. 

1. Before you file your request for hearing with the court clerk, ask the court clerk to set a hearing date for you. The court clerk will 

give you the information you need to complete this section.    

2.

In this section you are telling the court why you do not want the support order to be recognized or enforced in California. Check the 
box by your reason(s). Check the corresponding box, a–k, if

recognition and enforcement of the order conflicts with public policy. This includes the failure of the court or 
tribunal issuing the order to provide you with an opportunity to be heard through notice and due process. 

the court or tribunal that issued the support order did not have jurisdiction over you to issue the order. 

the order cannot be enforced in the country that issued it.

d. your support order was obtained by fraud.

the required document(s) accompanying this order is not authentic or lacks integrity.

if there is a case between the same parties and having the same purpose awaiting a decision before a court in  
California, and that case was filed first.

the order is conflicting with a more recent support order between the same parties and having the same 
purpose. 

h. you have paid all of the alleged arrears or some of the alleged arrears.

the country issuing the order requires prior notice of a hearing, but you did not receive notice of the hearing and 
you did not attend the hearing, and you did not have an attorney representing you in the hearing.
the country issuing the order does not require prior notice of proceedings, you did not receive notice of the  
hearing and you did not have the opportunity to be heard in the proceeding.

the order was made in violation of Family Code section 5700.711 because it was changed when you were a 
resident of the country where the support order was issued, and you did not agree to the case being heard in California either  
expressly or by defending yourself without objecting to the case being heard in California as soon as possible. If the country 
where your order was issued will not or cannot change the support order or make a new one, the case may be heard in 
California.

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a.

b.

c.

e.

f.

g.

i.

j.

k.

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REGISTRATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL HAGUE CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER
(continued)

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You must date the form, print your name, and sign the form under penalty of perjury. When you sign the form, you are stating that the  
information you have provided is true and correct. 

Top of page 2, box on left side: Print the names of Petitioner/Plaintiff, Respondent/Defendant, and Other Parent in this box. Use 
the same names as on the front page.  

Top of page 2, box on right side: Print your case number in this box. Use the same number as on the front page.

The court clerk will sign and date the request for hearing form before mailing it to the Petitioner/Plaintiff, Respondent/Defendant, and 
Other Parent.  

You must print the name and address of the Petitioner/Plaintiff, Respondent/Defendant, and Other Parent in the brackets. The names  
are the same as those at the top of the page. You also must provide the court clerk with stamped envelopes addressed to each of the  
other parties.  

If you need assistance with this form, contact an attorney or the family law facilitator in your county. The family law facilitator can help 
you with this form for free.

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AN INTERNATIONAL HAGUE CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER

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