FL-120 - Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)

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Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)

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Form ID: FL-120
Title: Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)
Effective Date: 2020-01-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Languages: اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, 汉语, 한국어, español, Tiếng Việt
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-120
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120.pdf
Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120a.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120c.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120k.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120s.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120v.pdf
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Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)
(FL-120)
Tell the court and your spouse or domestic partner that you are responding to the summons and petition and describe the orders you want the court to make in the case.
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Effective: January 1, 2020
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Petitioner and Respondent signed a voluntary declaration of parentage or paternity. (Attach a copy if available.)
AMENDEDRESPONSE
Dissolution (Divorce) of: Marriage Domestic Partnership
Nullity of: Marriage Domestic Partnership
Legal Separation of: Marriage Domestic Partnership
AND REQUEST FOR
FOR COURT USE ONLY
ATTORNEY FOR (name):
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
FAX NO.:TELEPHONE NO.:
ZIP CODE:STATE:CITY:
STREET ADDRESS:
FIRM NAME:
NAME:
PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY STATE BAR NUMBER:
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
BRANCH NAME:
CITY AND ZIP CODE:
STREET ADDRESS:
MAILING ADDRESS:
RESPONDENT:
PETITIONER:
CASE NUMBER:
FL-120
LEGAL RELATIONSHIP (check all that apply):
a. We are married.
b. We are domestic partners and our domestic partnership was established in California.
We are domestic partners and our domestic partnership was NOT established in California.c.
1. 
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Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
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RESPONSE—MARRIAGE/DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP 
(Family Law)
Family Code, § 2020 
 www.courts.ca.gov
MINOR CHILDREN 
If there are minor children of Petitioner and Respondent, a completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction      
and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) (form             ) must be attached.
d.  
4.
There are no minor children. a.
The minor children are:b.
continued on Attachment 4b.
Child's name Birthdate Age
a child who is not yet born.(2)(1)
e.
RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS (check all that apply):
 has been a resident of this state for at least six months and of this county for at least 
three months immediately preceding the filing of this Petition. (For a divorce, unless you are in the legal relationship 
described in 1b., at least one of you must comply with this requirement.)
2. 
a. Respondent  Petitioner
Our domestic partnership was established in California. Neither of us has to be a resident or have a domicile in California 
to dissolve our partnership here.
b.
STATISTICAL FACTS
Date of marriage (specify): Date of separation (specify):a.
b.
3.
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2) Date of separation (specify):
Registration date of domestic partnership with the California Secretary of State or other state equivalent (specify below):
If any children were born before the marriage or domestic partnership, the court has the authority to determine those children to 
be children of the marriage or domestic partnership.
c.
c. We are the same sex, were married in California, but currently live in a jurisdiction that does not recognize, and will not 
dissolve, our marriage. This Petition is filed in the county where we married.
Petitioner lives in (specify):  Respondent lives in (specify):
Years(3) MonthsTime from date of marriage to date of separation (specify):
(3) Time from date of registration of domestic partnership to date of separation (specify): MonthsYears

Respondent requests that the court make the following orders:
SPOUSAL OR DOMESTIC PARTNER SUPPORT8.
b. Respondent PetitionerTerminate (end) the court's ability to award support to
Petitioner Respondent a. Spousal or domestic partner support payable to
c. Reserve for future determination the issue of support payable to Respondent Petitioner
Other (specify):d.
9. SEPARATE PROPERTY
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(Family Law)
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RESPONDENT:
PETITIONER:
Respondent contends that the parties never legally married or registered a domestic partnership.
Respondent denies the grounds set forth in item 5 of the petition.
Respondent requests
(2) Nullity of void marriage or domestic partnership based on  
(a) incest. (b) bigamy.
(3) Nullity of voidable marriage or domestic partnership based on         
(a) respondent’s age at time of registration of 
domestic partnership or marriage.
(b) prior existing marriage or domestic partnership. 
(c) unsound mind.
(d) fraud.
(e) force.
(f) physical incapacity.
Legal separation      of the marriage or domestic partnership based onDivorce        (1)
(a) irreconcilable differences. permanent legal incapacity to make decisions.(b)
a.
b.
5.
c.
LEGAL GROUNDS (Family Code sections 2200–2210; 2310–2312)
b. Confirm as separate property the assets and debts in
the following list. Item Confirm to
 Property Declaration (form            ).
a. There are no such assets or debts that I know of to be confirmed by the court.
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6. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION (PARENTING TIME)
Legal custody of children to .........................................................
....................................................Physical custody of children to
Child visitation (parenting time) be granted to .............................
As requested in                                             
Petitioner Respondent Joint Other
b.
c.
a.
Any party required to pay support must pay interest on overdue amounts at the "legal" rate, which is currently 10 percent.
7. CHILD SUPPORT
a.
b.
c.
Other (specify):d.
If there are minor children born to or adopted by Petitioner and Respondent before or during this marriage or domestic 
partnership, the court will make orders for the support of the children upon request and submission of financial forms by the 
requesting party. 
An earnings assignment may be issued without further notice.
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form FL-311 form FL-312  form FL-341(C)
form FL-341(D) form FL-341(E)  Attachment 6c(1)

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CASE NUMBER:
RESPONDENT:
PETITIONER:
Date:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME) (SIGNATURE OF RESPONDENT)
Date:
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME) (SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY FOR RESPONDENT)
a. There are no such assets or debts that I know of to be divided by the court.
as follows (specify):
Determine rights to community and quasi-community assets and debts. All such assets and debts are listed b.
 Property Declaration (form            ).
COMMUNITY AND QUASI-COMMUNITY PROPERTY10.
OTHER REQUESTS11.
Attorney's fees and costs payable by a.
b Respondent's former name be restored to (specify):
c.
Continued on Attachment 11c..
Other (specify):
NOTICE—CANCELLATION OF RIGHTS: Dissolution or legal separation may automatically cancel the rights of a domestic partner 
or spouse under the other domestic partner's or spouse's will, trust, retirement plan, power of attorney, pay-on-death bank account, 
survivorship rights to any property owned in joint tenancy, and any other similar thing. It does not automatically cancel the right of a 
domestic partner or spouse as beneficiary of the other partner's or spouse's life insurance policy. You should review these matters, 
as well as any credit cards, other credit accounts, insurance polices, retirement plans, and credit reports, to determine whether they 
should be changed or whether you should take any other actions. Some changes may require the agreement of your partner or 
spouse or a court order.
NOTICE: You may redact (black out) social security numbers from any written material filed with the court in this case other than a 
form used to collect child, spousal or partner support.
The original response must be filed in the court with proof of service of a copy on Petitioner.
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Respondent Petitioner
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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Read Legal Steps for a Divorce or Legal Separation (                               ) and visit "Families Change" 
at www.familieschange.ca.gov — an online guide for parents and children going through divorce or separation.

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  Form ID: FL-120 Title: Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law) Effective Date: 2020-01-01 Mandatory Form: yes Languages: اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, 汉语, 한국어, español, Tiếng Việt Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-120 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl120.pdf Alternate Downl…

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  If there are minor children of Petitioner and Respondent, a completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) (form ) must be attached. d. 4. There are no minor children. a. The minor children are:b. continued on Attachment 4b. Child's name Birthdate Age a …

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  (2) Nullity of void marriage or domestic partnership based on (a) incest. (b) bigamy. (3) Nullity of voidable marriage or domestic partnership based on (a) respondent’s age at time of registration of domestic partnership or marriage. (b) prior existing marriage or domestic partnership. (c) unsound mind. (d) fra…

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  Attorney's fees and costs payable by a. b Respondent's former name be restored to (specify): c. Continued on Attachment 11c.. Other (specify): NOTICE—CANCELLATION OF RIGHTS: Dissolution or legal separation may automatically cancel the rights of a domestic partner or spouse under the other domestic partner's or s…