Because family law e-filing now accepts qualified domestic relations orders, a completed Statement of Compliance for Qualified Domestic Relations Order (Family Law) form must be submitted with every QDRO, effective immediately.
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Superior Court of California County of Orange Chambers of MARIA D. HERNANDEZ PRESIDING JUDGE 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WEST SANTA ANA, CA 92701 Administrative Order No. 23/05 Statement of Compliance for Qualified Domestic Relations Order (Family Law) In January 2023, Family Law operations expanded their electronic filing system to now allow for submission of all Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. At the direction of the Family Law Supervising Judge, court staff will process the electronic filed order with conformed copies being returned via the electronic system. IT IS ORDERED that, effective immediately, a completed STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE FOR QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER (FAMILY LAW) form must be submitted with every Qualified Domestic Relation Order if the order is filed electronically with the Orange County Superior Court Family Law Division. The form must be submitted as a separate document and not attached to the Qualified Domestic Relation Order. IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of February 2023, at Santa Ana California. Maria D. Hernandez Presiding Judge
Superior Court of California County of Orange Chambers of MARIA D. HERNANDEZ PRESIDING JUDGE 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WEST SANTA ANA, CA 92701 Administrative Order No. 23/05 Statement of Compliance for Qualified Domestic Relations Order (Family Law) In January 2023, Family Law operations expanded their electronic filing system to now allow for submission of all Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. A
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/docs/administrativeorder23_05.pdf (203278 bytes, sha256 4d4db3374d5351489663eca748860d5124ff62715f9825fd32600232396128b1; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified and checked on the page; every quotation mark, apostrophe and dash checked in full-resolution crops; file stamps, handwritten dates and pages not transcribed are recorded in bracketed notes; printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.