FL-575
INFORMATION SHEET FOR REQUEST FOR HEARING
REGARDING REGISTRATION OF CALIFORNIA SUPPORT ORDER/
OUT-OF-STATE SUPPORT ORDER
(Do NOT deliver this Information Sheet to the court clerk.)
Please follow these instructions to complete the Request for Hearing Regarding Registration of Support Order
(form FL-575) if you do not have an attorney representing you. Your attorney, if you have one, should complete
this form.
This form should be used if you received a notice or statement of registration telling you that a support order is
being registered in a California court, but you do not want that support order registered.
You must file your completed request for hearing with the court clerk. You must also give the court clerk addressed
envelopes with postage paid to mail copies of your request for hearing to the other parties. The address of the court clerk
is the same as the one shown for the superior court on the notice or statement of registration you received. You may have
to pay a filing fee to request a hearing. If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, you must file an Application for Waiver of
Court Fees and Costs (form FW-001). You must get this form from the court clerk.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING REGISTRATION FORM (TYPE
OR PRINT IN INK):
First page. first box, top of form, left side: Print your name, address, and phone number in this box.
Front page, second box, left side: Print the name of your county and the court’s address in this box. Use the same
address for the court that is on the notice or statement of registration form you received.
Front page, third box, left side: Print the names of Petitioner/Plaintiff, Respondent/Defend ant, and Other Parent in this
box. Use the same names listed on the notice or statement of registration you received.
Front page, fourth box, left side: Check the box by “California Support Order” if the order being registered was established
in California, or check the box by “Out-of-State Order” if the order being registered was NOT established in California.
Front page, first box, top of form, right side: Leave this box blank for the court’s use.
Front page, second box, right side: Print your case number in this box. This number is also shown on the notice or
statement of registration you received.
1. Before you file your request for hearing with the court clerk you must ask the court clerk to set a hearing date for you.
The court clerk will give you the information you need to complete this section.
2. In this section you are telling the court why you do not want the support order to be registered. You must check the
box by your reason.
a. Check this box if you are not a person named in the notice or statement of registration you received.
b. You should check this box if the court that issued the support order did not have jurisdiction over you to issue the
order. You may need legal advice to find out if this is a valid reason in your case.
c. Check this box if your support order was obtained by fraud. You may need legal advice to find out if this is a valid
reason in your case.
d. You should check this box if a court has suspended or vacated your support order. You should also check this box
if your support order was modified by a later order. If the order was modified, you must attach a copy of your
most recent support order to your request for hearing.
e. Check this box if you have already filed an appeal to your support order and a court has stopped the order until the
appeal is decided.
FL-575 [Rev. July 1, 2007]
REQUEST FOR HEARING REGARDING
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REGISTRATION OF SUPPORT ORDER