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New printing, new CD, 13 new or revised Family Law forms
plus 29 new or revised Domestic Violence forms
ALL NEW FORMS ON CD
While some forms are completely new or revised, on January 1, 2012, every form was "enabled," meaning that you can now save all data entered on the forms with the free Adobe Reader. All forms on the 2012 companion CD are the new, enabled versions.
Do not use old, obsolete forms!
To download 13 Family Law forms (2.4 Mb), click here
To download 29 Domestic Violence forms (4.5 Mb), click here
Substantive changes. Page numbers refer to the print edition.
Page 52—List of information you need. Adds (ESI) Electronically Stored Information, such as intellectual property, music, writing, art, etc.
Page 55—Code language updated. Familly Code 721(b) language updated—changed the Corporation Code sections referenced in it.
Page 63—Case Management. Adds a section on the new Family Centered Case Resolution procedure.
Page 68—Expedited Child Support. Describes the Expedited Child Support procedure and the forms used.
Page 72—Live Testimony. Adds reference to the new California Rule of Court 5.119.
Page 97—Expiration of Protective Orders. Protective orders for custody, visitation, or support will survive the expiration of any protective order. Family Code 6340(a).
Page 111— Revised list of Domestic Violence forms.
Page 263—Assistants and Support Persons. When seeking a restraining order, this is a right (FC 6303). However, in other cases, you need to ask the judge's permission. If you need to be certain ahead of time, file a motion requesting the presence of a support person for duties similar to those set out in FC 6303.
Page 27, item 5—OSC for Contempt. If money was not paid as ordered for support, attorney fees, court costs, etc., attach FL-411 to describe the facts. For violations of domestic violence orders or child custody/visitation orders, attach FL-412 to describe the facts.
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New printing, new CD
Significant legal change, new form, new pleading
Do not use older forms or older editions of this book! The companion CD for the 9th Edition contains the latest Judicial Council forms for use on your computer.
One revised forms on the CD: DV-260 Confidential Information.
One new pleading: Witness List.
To download (32 Kb), click here.
Page numbers changed starting with chapter two.
Numbers below all refer to the 2010 edition.
Chapter 15 and other pages. Live testimony at hearings.
Until January 2011, all hearings on motions or OSCs were conducted on written declarations of witnesses and live testimony would be allowed only on a showing of special need. This has been turned upside down in Family Code 217. Now, live testimony of witnesses in court will be allowed if you file a witness list with your other motion or OSC papers. The judge can deny live testimony for a good cause that must be specified and put in the record. This change is reflected in many places in the book, but most particularly in chapters 11D and 15. July 1, expect Rules of Court 5.118 and 5.119 to define this change and the factors a judge must consider before refusing live testimony.
Page 67. New subsection 9G inserted: How to Calculate Deadlines.
New Rule of Court 12c clarifies how to count days to figure a deadline before a hearing.
Page 68. New subsection 9J inserted on Case Management Conferences.
Page 76. Discusses oral testimony at a hearing and the required Witness List.
Page 77. New pleading, Figure 11.1, Witness List.
Page 139. Orders after a hearing. Revised subsection "Who prepares the order and when?" to reflect amended Rule of Court 3.1312.
Page 147. Revised section B, Getting the orders signed.
Page 253. Attorneys fees used to be awarded based on need and ability to pay. Now based upon a finding of a disparity in access to funds and that one party has the ability to pay for attorney services for both parties.
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New printing, new CD, 19 new or revised forms
Do not use older forms or older editions of this book! The companion CD for the 8th Edition contains the latest Judicial Council forms for use on your computer.
Two revised forms in the book: FL-342 and SUBP-020.
To download (423 Kb), click here.
Seventeen new or revised Domestic Violence forms on the CD.
To download (3.5 Mb), click here.
Page 65. Under the illustration, added instruction for how to fill out a single-line caption.
Page 115. The new DV-109 Notice of Court Hearing, added to list of DV forms.
Page 153, Discovery. Request for production—added electronically stored information to the list of things you can ask to be produced.
Page 156. New item 14 (electronically stored information) added to Exhibit A.
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