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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.

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. 

To ask a judge to cancel (set aside) a Voluntary Declaration of Parentage or Paternity (VDOP), you fill out and file a court form. When you file the form, the clerk will give you a court date (a hearing date). At the hearing, you and the child's other parent will both get the chance to speak to the judge. Then, the judge will make a decision.

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 the person who started the parentage case are in agreement about all of the decisions you want the court to make, you can finish a parentage case without you having to file a response.

If the people involved in a parentage case don't agree about who a child's parent is, or if they don't know who a child's parent is, then the court makes a decision based on a number of factors, which may include genetic testing.