Alerts for How to Do Your Own Divorce

ALERTS!

Late-breaking legal changes and fixes that affect

How to Do Your Own Divorce —California

Forms Updates. The companion CD contains forms that can be used with the free Adobe Reader (see below). To check for new and fixed forms updates, click here.

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Alerts for the 33rd Edition (2010)

July 1, 2010

New FL-350 Stipulation to Establish Child Support. To download this form, click here.

June 24, 2010

Fixed FL-160.The Judicial Council form FL-160, found on the CD, does not allow you to enter data. To download a fixed form, click here.

May 11, 2010

Fixed Worksheet 1, Personal Info. Fields for items 33 and 37 were linked (identical) and needed to be made separate.
To download the fixed worksheet, click here.

February 17, 2010

Updated FL-110 Summons. The FL-110 Summons form in the book is not the latest version.
To download this form, click here.

January 18, 2010

Updated Summary Dissolution forms. Revised FL-800 and FL-810.
To download these two forms, click here.

New 33rd Edition for 2010 — What's New

New printing, new CD, 9 new forms

Sixteen new or revised forms. Do not use older versions! The companion CD for the 33rd Edition contains the latest Judicial Council forms for use on your computer.

Download new forms.FL-160 Property Declaration, FL-195 Order to Withhold Child Support, FL-195 Instructions, FL-350 Stipulation to Establish Child Support, Fee Waiver Kit, Termination of Domestic Partnership. To download these new forms (3 Mb), click here.

Page 63—Smoked children. A fine of up to $100 can be imposed on anyone who smokes anything in a motor vehicle with a minor on board.

Page 107.Clarified instructions for filling out forms by hand if no better option is available.

Pages 107 & 110. Updated caption illustration and instructions for the occasional one-line short caption.

Page 114—New Fee Waiver Income Limits.

Page 143—Notice and Acknowledgment. Clarify that this form is used only with first set of papers that includes Summons and Petition.

Pages 198-199. Illustrations for new FL-350 Stipulation to Establish Child Support.

Page 206. Clarified the making of child support payments through State Disbursement Unit.

Pages 206-207. Illustrations for new FL-195 and instructions for filling it out. Instructions also included with the new form download.

Alerts for the 32nd Edition

	July 29, 2009 Filing fees increase $5. The fee for filing a family law Petition or Response is now $355, up $5, plus an additional surcharge in some counties. Call your Superior Court Clerk's Office and ask the exact amount in your county before you file your documents. Courts close 1 day per month. Due to budget short-falls, starting in September, California courts will be closed on the third Wednesday of each month.
	July 1, 2009 New forms . . . – FL-110 Summons, MC-025 Attachment, CIV-110 Request Dismissal. – Summary Dissolution forms. FL-800 Petition and FL-810 Summary Disso Instructions. To download the new forms above, click here. New Fee Waiver forms. An entirely new set of Fee Waiver forms is now in effect, much easier to fill out. Older forms are obsolute and will not be accepted. To download the new Fee Waiver forms with instructions, click here. New Fee Waiver income limits. Fee Waiver income limits have been adjusted upward slightly and that information has been moved from the FW-001-INFO form to the new FW-001 Request to Waive Court Fees. The current amounts are:
	April 26, 2009 Worksheet 1 - Personal Information. On page 4, the ages for your second and third child were linked so would always show the same number in both fields. This has been fixed. To get the fixed Worksheet 1, click here.
	April 26, 2009 Worksheet 1 - Personal Information. On page 4, the ages for your second and third child were linked so would always show the same number in both fields. This has been fixed. To get the fixed Worksheet 1, click here.
	April 16, 2009 FL-195. The Order-Notice to Withhold Income form is not the most current form so should not be used. To get the current FL-195, click here.
	March 19, 2009 Typo in Figure 11.2. The last balloon on the right tells you to check item 9e. That should be item 9f. This is on page 135 in the paperback and page 115 in the eBook.
	February 11, 2009 FW-001 Fee Waiver Information. Shortly after we sent the 32nd edition to press, the Judicial Counicil released an update to the allowable income limits for a fee waiver, as follows: To download the new form, click here.