Form Jdf 208 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

(Check and complete section 1 below if notice was given to the opposing party regarding the ex parte application. Check and complete section 2 below if notice was not given.)

a.Date and time informed:

b.How informed:

(1) By telephone (name):

(2) By telephone to the attorney (name):

(3) By personally informing (name):

(4) Other:

c.I informed the person listed above that he/she should appear at the following location on (date)

(3) Family Law Clerk’s Office located at Lamoreaux Justice Center, 341 The City Drive South, 7th Floor, Orange, CA 92868 (Give notice to appear in the Family Law Clerk’s Office if no courtroom has been assigned.)

2. I have not given notice to the other party in this action for the following reason (Include any attempts made, if you were unable to serve):

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date:

(SIGNATURE OF DECLARANT)

INFORMATION SHEET—EX PARTE MATTERS

NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

ALL EX PARTE APPLICATIONS EXCEPT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISCOVERY MOTIONS.

Notice must be given by t elephone or in writing to the self-represented party or to the op posing attorney so that it is received not later than 10:00 a.m. on the court day before the ex parte matter will be presented to the judicial officer. A party may request the noti ce be waived by writing a declaration signed under penalty of p erjury which explains facts showing good cause not to give the no tice. A judicial officer may approve a waiver of notice for goo d cause.

EX PARTE APPLICATIONS WHICH INVOLVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Notice must be given by t elephone or in writing to the self-represented party or to the op posing attorney so that it is received not later than four (4) hours before the time the ex parte matter will be presented to the judicial officer. A party may request the notice be waived by writing a declaration signed under penalty of perjury which explains facts showing good cause not to give the notice. A judicial officer may approve a waiver of notice for good cause.

ALL EX PARTE APPLICATIONS

1.Notice of the Ex Parte Application must include:

a.A statement of the relief being requested from the court (example: a request to continue the t rial; a restraining order is requested)

b.A statement that the opposing party is entitled to attend the court hearing in person or by an attorney when the Ex Parte Application is presented to the court

c.The name and address of the court where the Ex Parte Application will be presented.

(1)If a case is not previously assigned to a specific judicial officer, the notice must instruct the responding party to appear at a specific time in the Family Law Clerk’s Office (7 th Floor) at Lamoreaux Justice Center, 341 The City Drive South, Orange, California 92868. The Clerk’s Office will direct the parties to the appropriate courtroom.

(2)If a case is p reviously assigned to a judicial officer for all purposes, then the notice must instruct the responding party to appear in that Department at a specific time and date.

(a)Departments beginning with the letter “C” are located at Central Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, California 92701.

(b)Departments beginning with the letter “L” are located at Lamoreaux Justice Center, 341 The City Drive South, Orange, California 92868.

2.Ex parte family law discovery motions are governed by rule 3.1203(a) of the California Rules of Court.