Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends making time-sensitive revisions to Income and Expense Declaration (form FL-150) to implement the recent changes to the tax treatment of alimony (spousal support) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which becomes effective January 1, 2019. In addition, the committee recommends changes to update the reference to a military housing allowance acronym which may lead to confusion. The committee is considering proposing more substantial revisions to the FL-150 in the future and welcomes additional suggestions for the form.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR18-21
Deadline: June 8, 2018
File: spr18-21.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes changes to one rule of court and three forms relating to the procedure for continuing a hearing as described in that rule. In addition, the committee proposes two new information sheets—one that explains the process associated with form FL-306 and another that describes the options for rescheduling a hearing. The changes are intended to respond to the concerns raised by courts that form FL-306, revised effective September 1, 2017, is not being used by attorneys and parties for the limited purpose intended by the Judicial Council and to provide general information to litigants about rescheduling hearings.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR18-20
Deadline: June 8, 2018
File: spr18-20.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes revising one form and revising and renumbering another form to update legal information for prospective guardians of children in juvenile court proceedings, in language and a format easily understood by a person not trained in law. The proposal is needed to comply with an ongoing statutory mandate. Revisions were suggested both informally and through the spring 2018 comment cycle by child welfare departments, county counsel’s offices, juvenile courts, and the Judicial Council’s Probate and Mental Health Advisory Committee.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: W19-07
Deadline: February 12, 2019
File: w19-07.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes to amend rule 5.225 of the California Rules of Court and two Judicial Council forms, FL-325 and FL-326, for use in family law custody proceedings. Changes are needed to conform to new legislation, Assembly Bill 2296 (Stats. 2018, ch. 389), which adds to Family Code section 3110.5(c)(5) an additional category of licensed child custody evaluator to those qualified to provide court-connected and private child custody evaluations.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-33
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-33.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes amending rules 5.350 and 5.635 and revising forms FL-100, FL-120, FL-170, FL-200, FL-220, FL-230, FL-235, FL-250, FL-260, FL-270, FL-272, FL-273, FL-274, FL-276, FL-278, FL-280, FL-281, FL-285, FL-290, FL-300-INFO, FL-600, FL-610, FL-615, FL-686, and FL-694. The revisions are necessary to comply with amendments to the Family Code made by Assembly Bill 2684 (Bloom; Stats. 2018, ch. 876) that replaced the word “paternity” with “parentage” and made statutes gender neutral when possible.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-32
Deadline: June 7, 2019
File: spr19-32.pdf
Description: Origin The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes a new form, Request for Hearing Regarding Registration of California Support Order (form FL-445), and revisions to Notice of Registration of Out-of-State Support Order (form FL-570) and Request for Hearing Regarding Registration of Support Order (form FL-575) to make the forms suitable for use by all parties to the action and to correct inadvertent omissions.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-31
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-31.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes amendments to rule 5.305(b) governing the circumstances under which a judge may hear a title IV-D matter when exceptional circumstances prevent a child support commissioner from doing so. The amendments would more clearly define the roles of the judge and the court at the hearing, as authorized in the Family Code.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-30
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-30.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes amending California Rules of Court, rule 5.275, to require guideline child support calculators to display the low-income adjustment range on the first page of the calculator results printout, if applicable per Family Code section 4055(b)(7), and to delete the requirement to submit an application form and fee for certification.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-29
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-29.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes changes to four rules of court and three forms, and the adoption of one new rule of court and two new forms and an information sheet to implement new procedures for rescheduling (continuing) a hearing in family court. The new procedures would (1) respond to the concerns raised by court professionals following the September 1, 2017, publication of the amended rule and revised forms relating to continuing hearings in family court, and (2) specify when a party can and cannot file a request to reschedule a hearing without first notifying and serving the other party.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-28
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-28.pdf
Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes adopting a new rule, approving a new form, and revising two forms to implement the requirements of Senate Bill 273 (Hill; Stats. 2018, ch. 660) relating to minors who seek a court order to marry, establish a domestic partnership, or both.
Category: Family and Juvenile
Item Number: SPR19-27
Deadline: June 10, 2019
File: spr19-27.pdf