Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1372 · Chapter 8. Other Civil Petitions
Petitions for relief from financial obligations during military service
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Application
This rule applies to petitions for relief from financial obligations made by a servicemember under Military and Veterans Code section 409.3.
(b) Service of petition
Service of the petition for relief and all supporting papers must be made in the manner provided by law for service of summons in civil actions.
(c) No memorandum required
Unless ordered by the court, no memorandum is required in support of or opposition to a petition for relief.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.1372 adopted effective January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1372
- Text hash
- sha256 8200bd220194604fe639665db13621a8352ed27c0c8e73a0beaf3e7d6384d2da
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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Military and Veterans Code
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