You can file in California as long as you have been a resident for six months. You still have to serve the Respondent with the papers in a manner...

An order shortening time is to request that a RFO be heard in less than the statutory time. The court is responsible for its own trial calendar...

It is best to find an attorney who works often in your local court. He or she would then have appeared in the courtroom before and be familiar...

If a case is pending, this would be a violation of a automatic temporary restraining order. If no case is pending, I suggest that the father file...

You may serve by publication if the court grants you leave to do so. Typically a search is required before the court approves service in this way....

If the community paid the mortgage during the marriage, the community may have a community interest. The cases that apply are that of Moore and...

This is the Code Section that applies: 4062. (a) The court shall order the following as additional child support: (1) Child care costs...

This is a dispute under the UCCJEA as I see it. You could create your own action in California. Under the Code, the two courts have to consult...

It is quite common for the FCS or a judge to suggest that a party be in individual therapy. Clearly the court has some concern here. An attorney...

This is an issue of enforcement. Your remedies includes a contempt citation and filing a RFO (FL-300) as you are suffering irreparable harm. ...