Form JV-180 at a glance
What it is: Request to Change Court Order (JV-180) can be used to ask the court to change an order, dismiss your case, terminate reunification services, or recognize your relationship with your sister or brother.
Who signs: Enter the Date, sign on the Signature line, and type or print your name.
A filled-in Form JV-180 example: a parent asks to change an order
How to fill out Form JV-180, box by box
Court name and child's name
Fill in court name and street address after Superior Court of California, County of.
Fill in child's name in the box under Name of Child.
Leave Case Number blank: the clerk fills in case number when the form is filed.
Your information
Under Your information, check the box after I am the: child, parent, legal guardian, foster parent, sibling or other relative (specify), social worker, probation officer, attorney or other.
Write your name (b), address (c), city, state, zip code (d) and telephone number (e).
Type of request
Check the appropriate box under Type of request and add specific details in items 6 to 9, as applicable. I am asking the court to change an order. I am asking the court to terminate its jurisdiction. I am asking the court to terminate reunification services. I am asking the court to order that reunification services be resumed for six months. I am asking the court to recognize my relationship with my sibling(s).
Child's information
Write the Name and Date of birth, and the Attorney (if known).
Check all that apply after The child lives with or in a: parent, legal guardian, relative, foster home, group home or I don't know.
Write the name of the person the child lives with or the place where he or she lives, and the Address. Check here if unknown.
Information about parents, legal guardians, and others
Write the Names of parents or legal guardians in a. Check here if unknown.
Write the Address of parent/legal guardian in b and in c. Check here if unknown under each address.
Write the Indian tribe (d), CASA volunteer (e), Educational rights holder (f) and Social worker or probation officer (g), if applicable and known.
The order to change and what has happened since
Write the date, if known, and the order the judge made that you think should be changed.
Give new information that the judge did not have when the order was made: what has happened since that order that might change the judge's mind.
New order and why it is better for the child
Write what new order or orders you want the judge to make now.
Write why the requested order or action would be better for the child.
People who get a copy of your request
Number 11: Have a copy of your request sent to the people listed under number 11, as applicable. Check the correct box to the right of each name to show whether, as far as you know, that person agrees with your request.
If you do not have an attorney, the clerk will send notice and copies of your request to all persons required to receive notice under Welfare and Institutions Code sections 297 and 386 and rules 5.524 and 5.570 of the California Rules of Court.
Write the Name and check Agree, Disagree, Don't Know or Not Applicable for each name. The names listed are Child (if 10 years old, or older); Child's attorney; Parent; Parent; Legal guardian; Legal guardian; Social worker; Probation officer; Current caregiver/foster parent; Preadoptive parent; CASA volunteer; Educational rights holder; Indian tribe; Indian custodian; Sibling (if petition filed & 10+ years old); Sibling's caregiver; Sibling's attorney; Attorney for parent/legal guardian; Attorney for parent/legal guardian; County counsel; District attorney; Other.
Decision without a hearing
Number 12: You can ask the judge to make a decision without a court hearing if all the people named in the list of people sent a copy (number 11) agree with your request. Check here if you want a decision without a hearing.
If anyone disagrees with your request
If anyone disagrees with your request, explain why (if known).
Signing under penalty of perjury
Number 14: Sign to declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in this form is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
Enter the Date, sign on the Signature line, and type or print your name.
More rules for Form JV-180
Check here if you need more space for any of the answers. Attach a sheet of paper and write "JV-180" at the top of the page. Enter the Number of pages attached.
If your situation is different
You are an attorney
Write My client's name, My client's address (if confidential, see item 3), My client's relationship to the child and My State Bar number.
You want to keep your address confidential
Common mistake: If you want to keep your address or your client's address confidential, fill out Confidential Information (Request to Change Court Order) (form JV-182), and do not write the address on this form. Check here if form JV-182 is attached.
You are asking the court to recognize your relationship with your sibling
If you are asking the court to recognize your relationship with your sibling but not asking the court to change an order, you may skip to item 8.
Write the name of parent after (1) I am related to my sibling(s) through, and check by blood or adoption or by marriage after (2) I am related to my sibling(s).
Common questions about Form JV-180
Where do I file it?
After filling out this form, take it to the clerk of the court.
Sources
[1] Form JV-180, Request to Change Court Order (Revised January 1, 2020), Judicial Council of California (the Official source link on this page).