The divorce Petition
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Understand FL-100 →Identify papers
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Why form numbers come first
A packet can contain several different legal events.
A divorce Petition, a hearing request, a financial declaration and a proof of service can arrive together. Treating them as one undifferentiated pile hides which questions and dates belong to which event.
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Plain-language form guides
Go deeper on the papers that start a case or hearing.
The family-law Summons
Understand the notice, response warning and rules printed on the form.
Understand FL-110 →The divorce Response
Separate completing, filing and serving the respondent’s form.
Understand FL-120 →The Income and Expense Declaration
Separate its disclosure and hearing uses, supporting records and legal status.
Understand FL-150 →The Request for Order
Separate the request, any pre-hearing order, service and the final decision.
Understand FL-300 →The Responsive Declaration
Understand the response, supporting papers, service and usual timing.
Understand FL-320 →Received FL‑300?
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Form reference
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FL-100
Petition—Marriage/Domestic Partnership
Starts a divorce, legal-separation or annulment case and identifies issues the petitioner wants included in the judgment.
It records requests and allegations. It is not a judgment and does not prove those requests were granted.
FL-110
Summons (Family Law)
Says a family-law case has started, describes response consequences and contains rules that can apply during the case.
The form itself does not prove when or how you were served. Service facts must be checked separately.
FL-105
Declaration Under UCCJEA
Gives the court information about where children have lived and whether other custody cases may involve them.
It reports custody-jurisdiction facts. It is not a custody order or parenting plan.
FL-115
Proof of Service of Summons
Tells the court who served the papers that started the case, along with the reported method, place and date.
A blank form proves nothing. A completed form reports service; this tool does not decide whether service was legally valid.
FL-120
Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership
Lets the respondent participate and describe the orders they want the court to make in the divorce case.
A copy in a packet may be blank. Its presence does not prove a Response was completed, filed, accepted or served.
FL-140
Declaration of Disclosure
Lists the financial forms and information being given to a spouse or domestic partner as a preliminary or final disclosure.
It identifies the disclosure packet. A signed copy alone does not prove the packet was complete, exchanged or filed.
FL-141
Declaration Regarding Service of Declaration of Disclosure and Income and Expense Declaration
Tells the court which preliminary or final financial disclosures were served, how they were delivered and the reported service date.
It reports a service event. It is not the underlying financial packet or independent proof that every disclosure was complete or accurate.
FL-142
Schedule of Assets and Debts
Lists known property and debt and can accompany FL-140 as part of a financial disclosure packet.
It is party-supplied disclosure information, not a court finding about ownership, characterization, value or responsibility.
FL-150
Income and Expense Declaration
Gives financial information used when the court considers support, attorney fees and certain other costs.
It is a party's signed financial disclosure, not an independent verification that every number is complete or accurate.
FL-160
Property Declaration
Lists property and debts and can be used instead of FL-142 in a disclosure packet or in other property-related court filings.
The form records a party's position; it does not prove how property or debt is legally characterized, valued or divided.
FL-300
Request for Order
Asks a judge to decide specific family-law issues and is also used to set the hearing date, time and location.
It shows what was requested. It does not prove the judge granted the request; check for signed orders separately.
FL-320
Responsive Declaration to Request for Order
Tells the court whether a party agrees or disagrees with the orders requested on FL-300 and what they want instead.
It records a party's position and supporting facts. It is not the court's ruling.
FL-335
Proof of Service by Mail
Reports which family-law papers another adult mailed, as well as when, where and by whom they were mailed.
It supports the service event it describes; it does not prove filing acceptance or the truth of the papers served.
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