Family Law Matters
Request for Order
A Request for Order (FL-300) is used to schedule a court hearing and ask the court to make new orders or to change orders in a Family Law case. The process for serving the FL-300 is as follows: If Item 7 in the section called "Court Order" on the ...
How do I serve a Temporary Restraining Order?
A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is an Order restraining the person or entity served from doing something or to suspend certain behavior. The TRO must be Personally Served because the person served must abide by the Order; otherwise the person ...
How do I serve a Summons (Family Law) and Petition-Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)?
A Family Law Summons (FL-110) and a Family Law Petition (FL-100) for dissolution of marriage may be served either by personal or by substituted service, in the same manner as a summons in all Civil actions (Family Code 2040). The FL-110 has standard ...