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When you file a Request for Order (form FL-300) or a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL-320), you can also submit documents or other evidence (like a witness statement) to support what you say.

If you need a judge to make an order as soon as possible due to an emergency, you can file a request for a temporary emergency order. 

If parents aren’t living together, the court can order one parent to pay the other parent child support. To ask the court for child support or to change a child support order, you have to file a request.

If the other person did not respond or didn't provide complete responses, try to work it out with them directly first.  If that does not work, you can request a court order that requires them to respond or respond with more information. You have 45 days to do this.

After you file your Request for Order and get a court date, you must let the other side know. You do this by having a copy of the court papers delivered to them. This is called service or having someone served.

After the judge makes temporary emergency orders, you file your Request for Order and get a court date, you must let the other side know. You do this by having another adult, not you, hand a copy of the court papers to them. This is called personal service or having someone personally served. 

After you file your Request for Order and get a court date, you must let your spouse or your child's other parent know. You do this by having a copy of the court papers delivered to them. This is called service or having someone served.

To respond to a request to set aside a support order, you must fill out and file a form with the court.

If you were served with a Request for Order (form FL-300) asking for child custody and parenting time orders, this means that the other parent of your children has asked the court to make orders regarding custody and parenting time (also called visitation) of your children.  

If you were served with a Request for Order (form FL-300) asking for child support orders, this means that the other parent of your children has asked the judge to make orders for the financial support of your children.  

After you file your Request for Order and get a court date, you must let the other side know. You do this by having a copy of the court papers delivered to them. This is called service or having someone served.

If you were served a Request for Order (form FL-300) asking for control of your property, this means that you have a court date where a judge will make a decision about whether you or your spouse (or domestic partner) can control that property or must pay a debt.

If you were served with a Request for Order (form FL-300) asking for attorney’s fees and costs, this means that you have a court date where a judge may order you to pay for your spouse, domestic partner, or child's other parent's lawyer’s fees.  

If you don’t respond, the court may make a decision without your input. You can respond by filling

After you file your Request and get a court date, you must let the other side (your spouse, domestic partner, or the other parent) know that there is a hearing. One way to do this is by mail, called mail service. This means another adult, not you, mails a copy of your Request to the other side.

In a few situations, a judge can cancel or undo an order or judgment in your family law case. This is called a set-aside. 

If you were served with Request for Orders (form FL-300) asking for spousal or domestic partner support, this means that you have a court date where a judge will make a decision about support (sometimes called alimony). 

If you don’t respond, the court may make a decision based on the estimate of your income by your spouse or partner. You

When you’re divorcing or legally separating, you can ask the judge to order your spouse or domestic partner to pay you money to hire a lawyer or attorney.  You can also do this in other family law cases, like a parentage case. You can ask the other parent to pay you to hire a lawyer.  This is called asking for attorney’s fees and costs.  

After you file your Request and get a court date, you must let the other side know. You do this by having a copy of the court papers delivered to them. This is called service or having someone served.

If you and your child’s other parent need help to set up a parenting plan for your child, one of you can ask a judge for an order about child custody and parenting time (also called visitation). You can also ask the judge to change an order if you already have one.