Fl 982 Form – Fill Out and Use This PDF

FL-982

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address):		FOR COURT USE ONLY

TELEPHONE NO.:	FAX NO. (Optional):
E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional):
ATTORNEY FOR (Name):

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF

STREET ADDRESS:

MAILING ADDRESS:

CITY AND ZIP CODE:

BRANCH NAME:

PETITIONER:

RESPONDENT:

OTHER PARTY/PARENT:

CASE NUMBER:

ORDER FOR

PUBLICATION OR

POSTING

Hearing date:

Time:

Dept:

6.Documents to be served by publication or posting:

a.		Summons (Family Law) (form FL-110)
b.		Summons (Uniform Parentage—Petition for Custody and Support) (form FL-210)
c.		Other (specify):

7.If, during the 28 days of publication or posting, you locate the respondent's address, you must have someone 18 years of age or older mail the documents listed in item 6 to the respondent along with this order. The server must complete and file with the court a

Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335).

Date:

JUDICIAL OFFICER

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FL-982

INSTRUCTIONS

Publication:

1.Publication: Take this order to the approved newspaper for publication and pay the fee to publish the documents listed in item 6 of this order for at least once a week for four successive weeks.

2.Proof of Service by Publication: After the newspaper publication is complete, the newspaper will send you a declaration or affidavit of publication and a copy of the publication notice that appeared in the newspaper. You must file this declaration or affidavit of publication with the court clerk if it has not been filed by the newspaper. Be sure to make a copy for yourself.

3.Service by Publication Completed: Service by publication is complete at the end of the 28th day of publication in the newspaper. If no response has been filed by the respondent, the petitioner may file a Request to Enter Default (form FL-165) starting on the 59th day after the first day of publication.

4.Mailing: If during the time of publication, you locate the respondent's address, you must have someone 18 years of age or older mail the this order and all documents listed in item 6 of this order to the respondent. Be sure the person who mails these documents completes and files a proof of service of this mailing. The server may use Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335).

Posting:

1.Posting Location: You must have someone, 18 years of age or older and not a party to the case, post a copy of this Order for Publication or Posting (form FL-982) and all documents listed in item 6 of this order at the court-ordered posting location leaving it posted for 28 days in a row.

2.Mailing to last known address: You must have someone, 18 years or older and not a party to the case, mail this Order for Publication or Posting (form FL-982) and all documents listed in item 6 of this order to the respondent's last known address. The person who mails these documents completes a proof of service of this mailing. The server may use Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335).

3.Proof of Service by Posting: The person (server) who posts and/or mails these documents must complete and file a declaration under penalty of perjury of such proof of posting. The server may use Proof of Service of Posting (form FL-985).

4.Service by Posting Completed: Service by posting is complete at the end of the 28th day of posting. If no response has been filed by the respondent, the petitioner may file a Request to Enter Default (form FL-165) on the 59th day after the first day of posting.

5.Mailing: If during the time of posting, you locate the respondent's address, you must have someone 18 years of age or older mail the this order and all documents listed in item 6 of this order to the respondent. Be sure the person who mails these documents completes and files a proof of service of this mailing. The server may use Proof of Service by Mail (form FL-335).

(Family Law)