I go about filing for divorce in California, so you can answer this question with a couple

options.

A couple of different ways so let me start with the 1st you can do it yourself, hire

a service like ours, a legal document assistant firm, we do specialize in California divorce

so we can serve all of the courts in California or you can hire a mediator or an attorney,

so you have options as far as that’s concerned.

Let me answer this like how do you file for divorce, like physically what forms.

To start a divorce in California you need 3 forms, it’s really going to depend upon

the county but at the minimum you’re going to need the summons and a petition, if there’s

children there’s going to be a form called a UCCJEA, it’s form FL dash 105 and then

most counties will have a local form.

It’s some type of jurisdiction form for instance in Ventura county it’s notice of

case of assignment, same with LA county and all of the various counties have some local

form, usually to say they want to know where the parities live, same with Orange county,

San Diego county, they all have a local form that you’ll file.

So, summons petition and a local form for jurisdiction purposes, they want to know where

you guys live to make sure you’re filing in the right court and if there is children

always a UCCJEA.

So that is the 4 forms, or 3 forms you need to file for divorce to get the process started,

keep in mind you are just filing the initial paperwork, you have not filed for divorce,

you have not finalized your divorce, a lot of calls we get people say well I filed for

divorced thinking filed means finished, filed simply means you filed the petition and got

the ball rolling.

Tim Blankenship divorce661.com hope this was helpful, give us a call for more information

at 661 281 0266 or go to divorce661.com for more information.

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