Finish your divorce after a trial 

• Judgment (form FL-180)

  This is the final court order to get a divorce. You'll need to attach the court orders to this form.

• Notice of Rights and Responsibilities (form FL-192)

  Attach this to your Judgment. This let's you and the other parent know about how to ask the other parent to help pay for any of your child's healthcare costs not covered by insurance and how to ask to change a child support order.

• Child Support Case Registry Form (form FL-191)

  Do not attach the Child Support Case Registry Form to your judgment. Submit it along with everything, if you haven't turned one in before

• Notice of Entry of Judgment (form FL-190)

  The court will mail this form back to you after the judge has signed the judgment. It’s the official notice from the court that your divorce or legal separation is final. If you asked for a divorce, it will state the day your marriage or domestic partnership officially ends.

Attach the judge's decision (orders) to your Judgment.

For child support orders, attach:

• Child Support Information and Order Attachment (form FL-342)

This states the judge's decision about child support.

• Income Withholding for Support (form FL-195)

This is optional. Do not attach it to the Judgment. Submit this form if child support will be paid directly from your or the other parent's paycheck.

For child custody orders, attach:

• Child Custody and Visitation Order Attachment (form FL-341)

This forms states the judge's decisions about child custody and visitation.

For property orders, attach:

• Property Order Attachment to Judgment (form FL-345)

This states the judge's decision about how to divide your property.

For spousal support, attach:  

• Spousal, Partner, or Family Support Order Attachment (form FL-343)

This states the judge's decision about spousal support.

• Spousal or Domestic Partner Support Factors Under Family Code Section 4320-Attachment (form FL-349). 

The judge uses this to show the 4320 factors they considered before making a decision about long-term support. 

Contact your court clerk’s office, check your court’s website, or talk to your Family Law Facilitator or Self-Help Center.

Ask if they have any other forms you need to use and how many envelopes you need to provide when you turn in your forms.

Make 3 copies of your papers.    

You will give the original and two copies to the clerk.     

Keep the third copy with you in case you need it.

You need 2 envelopes, with postage. The envelopes need to be big enough to hold copies of all your judgment forms and have enough postage.

Address one envelope to you, the other your spouse.

If the court approves your Judgment, the Clerk will mail a copy of the Judgment and the Notice of Entry of Judgment to you and your spouse.

Turn in the original and two copies of your forms to the court clerk.    

The clerk will process your paperwork and give it to a judge to review. This may take a week or even months. Ask the clerk what the usual time is to process. 

If everything required is there, a judge will sign your judgment. The clerk will:   

• Stamp the Judgment and the Notice of Entry of Judgment “filed”   

• Mail you a copy of the stamped forms   

If something missing or wrong, you will get the forms back, not signed or stamped, with information about what’s missing.