Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.370 · Chapter 10. Government Child Support Cases (Title IV-D Support Cases)
Party designation in interstate and intrastate cases
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
When a support action that has been initiated in another county or another state is filed, transferred, or registered in a superior court of this state under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Fam. Code, div. 9, pt. 5, ch. 6, commencing with § 4900), the intercounty support enforcement provisions of the Family Code (div. 9, pt. 5, ch. 8, art. 9, commencing with § 5600), or any similar law, the party designations in the caption of the action in the responding court must be as follows:
(1) New actions initiated under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The party designation in the superior court of this state, responding to new actions initiated under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Fam. Code, div. 9, pt. 5, ch. 6, commencing with § 4900), must be the party designation that appears on the first page of the Uniform Support Petition (form FL-500/OMB 0970-0085) in the action.
(2) Registered orders under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or state law
The party designation in all support actions registered for enforcement or modification must be the one that appears in the original (earliest) order being registered.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 5.370 amended effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1285.14 effective January 1, 2001; previously amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/five/rule5_370
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