Rule 5.360. Appearance by local child support agency
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.360
Current text effective January 1, 2007.
When a local child support agency is providing services as required by Family Code section 17400, that agency may appear in any action or proceeding that it did not initiate by giving written notice to all parties, on Notice Regarding Payment of Support (form FL-632), that it is providing services in that action or proceeding under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The agency must file the original of the notice in the action or proceeding with proof of service by mail on the parties. On service and filing of the notice, the court must not require the local child support agency to file any other notice or pleading before that agency appears in the action or proceeding.
#History
Rule 5.360 amended effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1280.12 effective January 1, 2001; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2003.
What this rule requires
Service and Proof of Service Rules
The agency must file the original of the notice in the action or proceeding with proof of service by mail on the parties.
Document Filing Requirements
When a local child support agency is providing services as required by Family Code section 17400, that agency may appear in any action or proceeding that it did not initiate by giving written notice to all parties, on Notice Regarding Payment of Support (form FL-632), that it is providing services in that action or proceeding under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
The agency must file the original of the notice in the action or proceeding with proof of service by mail on the parties.
On service and filing of the notice, the court must not require the local child support agency to file any other notice or pleading before that agency appears in the action or proceeding.
Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.