Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.380 · Article 1. Domestic Violence Prevention Act Cases

Agreement and judgment of parentage in Domestic Violence Prevention Act cases

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)

(a) No requirement to open separate case; no filing fee

(1) If the court accepts the agreement of parentage and issues a judgment of parentage, the court may not require a party to open a separate parentage or other type of case in which to file the judgment. The court may open a separate type of case, but the court must not charge a fee for filing the judgment of parentage in the new case.

(2) When a judgment of parentage is filed in a Domestic Violence Prevention Act case in which a restraining order is currently in effect, no filing fee may be charged.

(b) Retention

The judgment must be retained by the court as a paternity record under Government Code section 68152.

When an Agreement and Judgment of Parentage (form DV-180) is filed, the court must serve a Notice of Entry of Judgment (form FL-190) on the parties.

Notes and commentary — not rule text

History

(Subd (c) amended effective January 1, 2017.)

Rule 5.380 amended effective January 1, 2017; 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/five/rule5_380
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Government Code

Gov. Code, § 68152Printed as Government Code section 68152

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