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California Rules of Court

Rule 5.310. Use of existing family law forms

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.310

Current text effective January 1, 2007.

When an existing family law form is required or appropriate for use in a title IV-D support action, the form may be used notwithstanding the absence of a notation for the other parent as a party under Family Code section 17404. The caption of the form must be modified by the person filing it by adding the words "Other parent:" and the name of the other parent to the form.

#History

Rule 5.310 amended effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1280.2 effective July 1, 1997; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2003.

What this rule requires

Document Filing Requirements

  • The caption of the form must be modified by the person filing it by adding the words "Other parent:" and the name of the other parent to the form.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.