Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.170 · Article 3. Procedural Matters Not Requiring Notice (Non-Emergency Orders)
Matters not requiring notice to other parties
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
The courts may consider a party's request for order on the following issues without notice to the other parties or personal appearance at a hearing:
(1) Applications to restore a former name after judgment;
(2) Stipulations by the parties;
(3) An order or judgment after a default court hearing;
(4) An earnings assignment order based on an existing support order;
(5) An order for service of summons by publication or posting;
(6) An order or judgment that the other party or opposing counsel approved or agreed not to oppose; and
(7) Application for an order waiving filing fees.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 5.170 adopted effective January 1, 2013.
Title 5, Family and Juvenile Rules-Division 1, Family Rules-Chapter 8, Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Proceedings; adopted January 1, 2013.
Title 5, Family and Juvenile Rules-Division 1, Family Rules-Chapter 8, Child Custody and Visitation (Parenting Time) Proceedings-Article 1, Child Custody Mediation; adopted January 1, 2013.
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/five/rule5_170
- Text hash
- sha256 4654df3c727683b43a2ce9a58169f929a3e5380e2547958e84eeb6f555c2ee7e
- 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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