During your family law case, you can ask the judge for other types of things, often related to the legal process of the case. For example, ask the judge to set aside (cancel) a default or to order your spouse to finish their financial disclosures. To do this, you use the Request for Order (form FL-300).
Once papers are filed starting a family law case (like a divorce or a parentage case), you can ask for a court date so a judge can make a decision about your financial or family situation. This is called requesting an order. You can request an order about many issues, like child or spousal support, or child custody and visitation (parenting time).
If you were served a Request for Order (form FL-300), this means that you have a court date where a judge will make a decision about the issue listed next to the "other" box on Page 1 of the form. You can find out more about what they're asking the court to decide in Box 8 on page 4.
During your family law case, you can ask the court for something not listed specifically on the Request for Order (form FL-300), often related to the legal process of the case. For example, ask the court to set aside (cancel) a default or to order your spouse to finish their financial disclosures. To do this, you check the box "other" on the Reques
If you need more time or can't attend your court date (hearing), you can ask to reschedule it. Unless you and the other side agree, you may need to give the court a good reason why you need to change the court date.
