California Rules of Court — Title 5

• Rule 5.1 Title

Chapter 1. General Provisions · 10 rules · 6 live

Chapter 2. Parties and Joinder of Parties · 14 rules · 5 live

Chapter 3. Filing Fees and Fee Waivers · 5 rules

Chapter 4. Starting and Responding to a Family Law Case; Service of Papers · 15 rules · 12 live

Chapter 5. Family Centered Case Resolution Plans · 1 rule

• Rule 5.83 Family centered case resolution

Chapter 6. Request for Court Orders · 40 rules · 15 live

Chapter 7. Request for Emergency Orders (Ex Parte Orders) · 14 rules · 5 live

Chapter 8. Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Proceedings · 11 rules

Chapter 9. Child, Spousal, and Domestic Partner Support · 2 rules

Chapter 10. Government Child Support Cases (Title IV-D Support Cases) · 18 rules

• Rule 5.300 Purpose, authority, and definitions
• Rule 5.305 Hearing of matters by a judge under Family Code sections 4251(a) and 4252(b)(7)
• Rule 5.310 Use of existing family law forms
• Rule 5.311 Implementation of new and revised governmental forms by local child support agencies
• Rule 5.315 Memorandum of points and authorities
• Rule 5.320 Attorney of record in support actions under title IV-D of the Social Security Act
• Rule 5.324 Telephone appearance in title IV-D hearings and conferences
• Rule 5.325 Procedures for clerk’s handling of combined summons and complaint
• Rule 5.330 Procedures for child support case registry form
• Rule 5.335 Procedures for hearings on interstate income withholding orders
• Rule 5.340 Judicial education for child support commissioners
• Rule 5.350 Procedures for hearings to cancel (set aside) voluntary declarations of parentage or paternity when no previous action has been filed
• Rule 5.355 Minimum standards of training for court clerk staff whose assignment includes title IV-D child support cases
• Rule 5.360 Appearance by local child support agency
• Rule 5.365 Procedure for consolidation of child support orders
• Rule 5.370 Party designation in interstate and intrastate cases
• Rule 5.372 Transfer of title IV-D cases between tribal court and state court
• Rule 5.375 Procedure for a support obligor to file a motion regarding mistaken identity

Chapter 11. Domestic Violence Cases · 4 rules

Chapter 12. Separate Trials (Bifurcation) and Interlocutory Appeals · 2 rules

Chapter 13. Trials and Long-Cause Hearings · 2 rules

• Rule 5.393 Setting trials and long-cause hearings
• Rule 5.394 Trial or hearing brief

Chapter 14. Default Proceedings and Judgments · 10 rules · 8 live

• Rule 5.400 Renumbered Rule 5.451, eff. Jan. 1, 2013
• Rule 5.401 Default
• Rule 5.402 Request for default; forms
• Rule 5.405 Judgment checklists
• Rule 5.407 Review of default and uncontested judgments submitted on the basis of declaration under Family Code section 2336
• Rule 5.409 Default and uncontested judgment hearings on judgments submitted on the basis of declarations under Family Code section 2336
• Rule 5.410 Renumbered Rule 5.460, eff. Jan. 1, 2013
• Rule 5.411 Stipulated judgments
• Rule 5.413 Notice of entry of judgment
• Rule 5.415 Completion of notice of entry of judgment

Chapter 15. Settlement Services · 1 rule

• Rule 5.420 Domestic violence procedures for court-connected settlement service providers

Chapter 16. Limited Scope Representation; Attorney's Fees and Costs · 2 rules

Chapter 17. Family Law Facilitator · 1 rule

• Rule 5.430 Minimum standards for the Office of the Family Law Facilitator

Chapter 18. Court Coordination Rules · 2 rules

Chapter 19. Minor Marriage or Domestic Partnership · 1 rule

Chapter 1. Contact and Coordination · 4 rules · 3 live

• Rule 5.450 Renumbered Rule 5.445, eff. Jan. 1, 2013
• Rule 5.451 Contact after adoption agreement
• Rule 5.460 Request for sibling contact information
• Rule 5.475 Custody and visitation orders following termination of a juvenile court proceeding or probate court guardianship proceeding

Chapter 2. Indian Child Welfare Act · 9 rules

• Rule 5.480 Application
• Rule 5.481 Inquiry and notice
• Rule 5.482 Proceedings after notice
• Rule 5.483 Dismissal and transfer of case
• Rule 5.484 Emergency proceedings involving an Indian child
• Rule 5.485 Placement of an Indian child
• Rule 5.486 Termination of parental rights
• Rule 5.487 Petition to invalidate orders
• Rule 5.488 Adoption record keeping

Chapter 3. Intercountry Adoptions · 4 rules

• Rule 5.490 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country party to the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention or Hague Adoption Convention)
• Rule 5.491 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country not party to the Hague Adoption Convention
• Rule 5.492 Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention
• Rule 5.493 Requirement to request adoption under California law of a child born in a foreign country when the adoption is finalized in the foreign country (Fam. Code, §§ 8912, 8919)

Chapter 4. Protective Orders · 2 rules · 1 live

• Rule 5.495 Repealed, eff. Jan. 1, 2023
• Rule 5.496 Service requirement for proposed restrained persons who appear remotely

Chapter 1. Preliminary Provisions--Title and Definitions · 5 rules

• Rule 5.500 Division title
• Rule 5.501 Preliminary provisions
• Rule 5.502 Definitions and use of terms
• Rule 5.504 Judicial Council forms
• Rule 5.505 Juvenile dependency court performance measures

Chapter 2. Commencement of Juvenile Court Proceedings · 10 rules

• Rule 5.510 Proper court; determination of child’s residence; exclusive jurisdiction
• Rule 5.512 Joint assessment procedure
• Rule 5.514 Intake; guidelines
• Rule 5.516 Factors to consider
• Rule 5.518 Court-connected child protection/dependency mediation
• Rule 5.520 Filing the petition; application for petition
• Rule 5.522 Remote filing
• Rule 5.523 Electronic service (§ 212.5)
• Rule 5.524 Form of petition; notice of hearing
• Rule 5.526 Citation to appear; warrants of arrest; subpoenas

Chapter 3. General Conduct of Juvenile Court Proceedings · 16 rules

• Rule 5.530 Persons present
• Rule 5.531 Appearance by telephone (§ 388; Pen. Code § 2625)
• Rule 5.532 Court reporter; transcripts
• Rule 5.534 General provisions—all proceedings
• Rule 5.536 General provisions—proceedings held before referees
• Rule 5.538 Conduct of proceedings held before a referee not acting as a temporary judge
• Rule 5.540 Orders of referees not acting as temporary judges
• Rule 5.542 Rehearing of proceedings before referees
• Rule 5.544 Prehearing motions (§ 700.1)
• Rule 5.546 Prehearing discovery
• Rule 5.548 Granting immunity to witnesses
• Rule 5.550 Continuances
• Rule 5.551 Confidentiality of a juvenile case file (§ 827)
• Rule 5.552 Procedure for requesting any juvenile delinquency case file and a living child’s juvenile dependency case file (§§ 827(a)(1), 827.12, 828)
• Rule 5.553 Procedure for requesting a deceased child’s juvenile dependency case file (§ 827(a)(2))
• Rule 5.555 Hearing to consider termination of juvenile court jurisdiction over a nonminor—dependents or wards of the juvenile court in a foster care placement and nonminor dependents (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 366.31, 391, 451, 452, 607.2, 607.3, 16501.1 (g)(16))

Chapter 4. Subsequent Petitions and Modifications · 5 rules

• Rule 5.560 General provisions
• Rule 5.565 Hearing on subsequent and supplemental petitions (§§ 342, 364, 386, 387)
• Rule 5.570 Request to change court order (petition for modification)
• Rule 5.575 Joinder of agencies
• Rule 5.580 Hearing on violation of probation (§ 777)

Chapter 5. Appellate Review · 4 rules · 3 live

• Rule 5.585 Rules governing appellate review
• Rule 5.590 Advisement of right to review in section 300, 601, or 602 cases
• Rule 5.595 Stay pending appeal
• Rule 5.600 Repealed, eff. July 1, 2010

Chapter 6. Emancipation · 1 rule

• Rule 5.605 Emancipation of minors

Chapter 7. Intercounty Transfers; Out-of-County Placements; Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children · 7 rules

• Rule 5.610 Transfer-out hearing
• Rule 5.612 Transfer-in hearing
• Rule 5.613 Transfer of nonminor dependents
• Rule 5.614 Out-of-county placements
• Rule 5.616 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
• Rule 5.618 Placement in short-term residential therapeutic program or community treatment facility (§§ 361.22, 727.12)
• Rule 5.619 Voluntary placement in psychiatric residential treatment facility (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 361.23, 727.13)

Chapter 8. General Court Authority · 4 rules

• Rule 5.620 Orders after filing under section 300
• Rule 5.625 Orders after filing of petition under section 601 or 602
• Rule 5.630 Restraining orders
• Rule 5.632 Civil harassment, workplace violence prevention, and domestic violence prevention orders

Chapter 9. Parentage · 2 rules

• Rule 5.635 Parentage
• Rule 5.637 Family Finding (§§ 309(e), 628(d))

Chapter 10. Medication, Mental Health, and Education · 9 rules

• Rule 5.640 Psychotropic medications
• Rule 5.642 Authorization to release psychotropic medication prescription information to Medical Board of California
• Rule 5.643 Mental health or condition of child; court procedures
• Rule 5.645 Mental health or condition of child; competency evaluations
• Rule 5.647 Medi-Cal: Presumptive Transfer of Specialty Mental Health Services
• Rule 5.649 Right to make educational or developmental-services decisions
• Rule 5.650 Appointed educational rights holder
• Rule 5.651 Educational and developmental-services decisionmaking rights
• Rule 5.652 Access to pupil records for truancy purposes

Chapter 11. Advocates for Parties · 6 rules

• Rule 5.655 Program requirements for Court Appointed Special Advocate programs
• Rule 5.660 Attorneys for parties (§§ 317, 317.5, 317.6, 353, 366.26, 16010.6)
• Rule 5.661 Representation of the child on appeal
• Rule 5.662 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) guardian ad litem for a child subject to a juvenile dependency petition
• Rule 5.663 Responsibilities of children’s counsel in delinquency proceedings (§§ 202, 265, 633, 634, 634.3 634.6, 679, 700)
• Rule 5.664 Training requirements for children’s counsel in delinquency proceedings (§ 634.3)

Chapter 12. Cases Petitioned Under Section 300 · 31 rules · 28 live

Chapter 13. Cases Petitioned Under Sections 601 and 602 · 37 rules · 35 live

Chapter 14. Nonminor Dependent · 3 rules

• Rule 5.900 Nonminor dependent—preliminary provisions (§§ 224.1(b), 295, 303, 366, 366.3, 388, 391, 607(a))
• Rule 5.903 Nonminor dependent status review hearing (§§ 224.1(b), 295, 366.1, 366.3, 366.31, 391, 11403)
• Rule 5.906 Request by nonminor for the juvenile court to resume jurisdiction (§§ 224.1(b), 303, 388(e), 388.1)