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Type of Action:

Divorce Summary Dissolution Legal Separation Annulment Paternity

Motion to Modify (if Motion to Modify, we will need a copy of your LAST order of the court and your case number.)

If this is for a Summary Dissolution, do you meet ALL of the following requirements: Yes No

1. One of us has lived in California for the past six months and in this county for the past three months.
2. There are no minor children born of our relationship before or during marriage or adopted by us during our ....marriage and wife is not pregnant.
3. Neither of us has an interest in any real property anywhere.
4. Except for obligations with respect to vehicles, on obligations either or both of us incurred during our ....marriage, we owe no more than $4,000.
5.The total fair market value of community property assets, no including vehicles, is less than $32,000.
6. Neither of us has separate property assets, excluding vehicles, in excess of $32,000.
7. We both agree to the divorce and neither of us is seeking spousal support.

If this is for an Annulment, do you meet ANY of the following requirements: yes no
Length of marriage is not a factor in annulments in the State of California.

1. One of the parties was under age at the time of marriage
2.There is a prior existing marriage that was not dissolved prior to our marriage
3. One of us is of unsound mind as specified in FC §2210I
4. One of the parties was forced into the marriage as specified in FC §2210(e)
5. One of the parties was frauded into the marriage as specified in FC §2210(d)
6. There is a physical incapacity as specified in FC §2210(f)

Your Name:

Your Address:

Your Phone Numbers: ..Home Work Cell

Your Email Address:

Your Social Security No.: Your Date of Birth:

Your Driver’s License Number: Your Date of Marriage:

Your Date of Separation:

Spouses/Other Party Name:

Spouse’s/Other Party Address:

Spouse’s/Other Party Date of Birth:

Spouse’s/Other Party’s Social Security No. (If known):

Info About Divorce/Paternity

Is this an uncontested divorce? Will your spouse sign any documents necessary in order to complete this process? yes no

Are you seeking spousal support? (Only for Divorce) yes no

Do you know if your spouse will be seeking spousal support (Only for Divorce)?

yes will want support no does not want support don’t know

Do you wish to restore your name to your former name after divorce?

yes please change it to

no I plan to keep my name as it is.

How do you wish to have your spouse/other party served the documents?

mail (will sign stating received documents)

personal service (not sure if they will sign)

Also please let us know if you will need a referral to a process server.

Children

Do you have children between you and the other party?

yes no (If no please skip this section)

Children’s Names, Birthdates AND Sex of Child:

Please separate name, birthdate etc. with a comma.

Child 1

Child 2

Child 3

Child 4

How would you like to split the LEGAL custody of the children? Legal custody is the person responsible to make the LEGAL decisions regarding the children (education, health and welfare):

50/50 Legal Custody

Sole Legal to Me

Sole Legal to Spouse

How would you like to split the PHYSICAL custody of the children? Physical custody is the person who will have the children in their physical care.

50/50

80/20 (Every other weekend to spouse)

Sole Physical to me (spouse to not have visitation)

Sole Physical to spouse

Other (please specify)


The Court REQUIRES the following information for EACH child:

Name of child, their birthplace, where child lived (add dates please), who child lived with (parent, reletive etc.).
Please separate name, birthplace etc. with a comma.

Child 1

Child 2

Child 3

Child 4

CHILD SUPPORT INFORMATION

Have you and your spouse agreed on an amount of child support?

yes, we have agreed upon

No, we prefer to use the court’s formula to determine child support

Are you providing health insurance for the children?

yes I am providing spouse is providing we are both providing

Are there any day care costs? If so, how much

PROPERTY

COMMUNITY/SEPARATE PROPERTY

Only for divorce cases

Community property: Any and all property, earnings, accumulations and debts accumulated during marriage:

Please list ALL community property: (i.e., vehicles, pension/retirement, residences, etc.)

Separate property: Any and all property, earnings and debts earned prior to marriage of after date of separation.

Please list ANY and ALL separate property in your name. (i.e. cars, residences, debts, etc.)

ADDITONAL COMMENTS: My main concern in this action is:

Are you or your spouse active in the military? If so please list the name, date of enlistment and social security number.

MOTIONS TO MODIFY

What is your case number and which court is your matter heard in?

Case Number:

Court Name:

Please tell us what you wish to modify:

child support child visitation

child custody attorney fees

spousal support other (Specify)

Below please fill in why you feel your motion is important and what specifically you are modifying. Please be sure for each item that you wish to modify, that you inform us of what the previous order of the court was. Do not worry about proper spelling or grammar.