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Rules and Forms | Miscellaneous Technical Changes
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Summary
Summary
Various members of the judicial branch, members of the public, and Judicial Council staff have identified errors in the California Rules of Court and Judicial Council forms, as well as minor changes needed to conform to changes in law or previous council actions. Judicial Council staff recommend making the necessary corrections to ensure that the rules and forms conform to law and to avoid causing confusion for court users, clerks, and judicial officers.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Judicial Council staff recommend that the council, effective July 1, 2026:
1. Amend rules 2.571, 2.1010, 5.605, 5.710, 5.715, 5.720, and 5.812 to update cross-references to Judicial Council forms, other rules, and code sections;
2. Revise Adoption of Indian Child (form ADOPT-220) to correct the title on page 1;
3. Revise Request for Child Custody and Visitation Orders (form DV-105) at item 13 to replace “visits” with “exchanges”;
4. Revise Request to Change or End Restraining Order (form DV-300) at item 4 to correct the attachment number;
5. Revise Emancipation of Minor--Income and Expense Declaration (form EM-115) to reinsert a dash in the title that had been inadvertently deleted;
6. Revise Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Order Attachment (form FL-341) at item 7 to refer to the optional attachment form and at items 9 and 10 to correct the title of a form used as an attachment;
7. Revise Stipulation and Order for Custody and/or Visitation (Parenting Time) (form FL-355) at item 5 of the court’s findings and orders to correct a typographical error and in the footer on the second page to correct the form number;
8. Revise Notice of Revocation of Joint Petition (form FL-720) to correct the title of forms referenced in the instructions box on page 1 and item 1;
9. Revise Findings and Orders After Dispositional Hearing (form JV-415) at item 2 to correct the heading by replacing “Jurisdictional hearing” with “Dispositional hearing” at items 3 and 7 to restructure the items so that checkboxes precede the text and at item 9 to replace gender-specific language;
10. Revise Complaint--Unlawful Detainer (form UD-100) in item 11 to correct a form title and in items 15, 18, 20g, and 20h to correct the cross-references and attachment numbers;
11. Revise Notice of Hearing on Claim of Exemption (Wage Garnishment--Enforcement of Judgment) (form WG-010/EJ-175) to correct the form name in the form header; and
12. Revise How Can I Respond to a Petition for Workplace Violence Restraining Orders? (form WV-120-INFO) to correct a typographical error by deleting the word “private” as a modifier to “workplace violence restraining orders.”
In addition, minor technical revisions have been made to the forms to reflect current drafting
practices. These include, for example, changing the layout of the information in the form footer;
correcting punctuation and capitalization; and standardizing the format of webpage addresses,
citations to forms and code sections, and text below signature lines.
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