FL-145 - Form Interrogatories—Family Law

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Form ID: FL-145
Title: Form Interrogatories—Family Law
Effective Date: 2025-07-01
Mandatory Form: no
Languages: español
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-145
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl145.pdf
Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl145s.pdf
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Form Interrogatories—Family Law
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Form Approved for Optional Use 
Judicial Council of California 
FL-145 [Rev. July 1, 2025]
FORM INTERROGATORIES–FAMILY LAW Code of Civil Procedure, 
§§ 2030.010–2030.410, 2033.710 
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ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (name, State Bar number, and address): TELEPHONE NO.:
ATTORNEY FOR (name):
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
SHORT TITLE:
FORM INTERROGATORIES–FAMILY LAW
Asking Party:
Answering Party:
Set No.:
CASE NUMBER:
Sec. 1. Instructions to Both Parties
The interrogatories on page 2 of this form are intended to 
provide for the exchange of relevant information without 
unreasonable expense to the answering party. They do not 
change existing law relating to interrogatories, nor do they 
affect the answering party’s right to assert any privilege or 
make any objection. Privileges must be asserted.
Sec. 2. Definitions
Words in boldface in these interrogatories are defined as 
follows:
(a) Person includes a natural person; a partnership; any kind of 
business, legal, or public entity; and its agents or employees.
(b) Document means all written, recorded,or graphic materials, 
however stored, produced, or reproduced.
(c) Asset or property includes any interest in real  
estate or personal property. It includes any interest in a 
pension, profit-sharing, or retirement plan.
(d) Debt means any obligation, including debts paid since 
the date of separation.
(e) Support means any benefit or economic contribution 
to the living expenses of another person, including gifts.
(f) If asked to identify a person, give the person’s 
name, last known residence and business addresses, 
telephone numbers, and company affiliation at the date of the 
transaction referred to.
(g) If asked to identify a document, attach a copy of the 
document unless you explain why not. If you do not attach the 
copy, describe the document, including its date and nature, 
and give the name, address, telephone number, and 
occupation of the person who has the document.
Sec. 3. Instructions to the Asking Party
Check the box next to each interrogatory you want the 
answering party to answer.
Sec. 4. Instructions to the Answering Party
You must answer these interrogatories under oath within 30 
days, in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 
2030.260.
You must furnish all information you have or can reasonably 
find out, including all information (not privileged) from your 
attorneys or under your control. If you don’t know, say so.
If an interrogatory is answered by referring to a document, the 
document must be attached as an exhibit to the response and 
referred to in the response. If the document has more than one 
page, refer to the page and section where the answer can be 
found.
If a document to be attached to the response may also be 
attached to the Schedule of Assets and Debts (form FL-142), 
the document should be attached only to the response, and 
 the form should refer to the response.
If an interrogatory cannot be answered completely, answer 
as much as you can, state the reason you cannot answer the 
rest, and state any information you have about the unanswered 
portion.
Sec. 5. Oath
Your answers to these interrogatories must be under oath, 
dated, and signed. Use the following statement at the end 
of your answers:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the 
State of California that the foregoing answers are true and 
correct.
(DATE)
 (SIGNATURE)
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For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear 
This Form button after you have printed the form.
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1. Personal history. State your full name, current   
residence address and work address, social security 
number, any other names you have used, and the 
dates between which you used each name.
2. Agreements. Are there any agreements between you 
and your spouse or domestic partner, made before or 
during your marriage or domestic partnership or after 
your separation, that affect the disposition of assets, 
debts, or support in this proceeding? If your answer is 
yes, for each agreement state the date made and 
whether it was written or oral, and attach a copy of the 
agreement or describe its contents.
3. Legal actions. Are you a party or do you anticipate 
being a party to any legal or administrative proceeding 
other than this action? If your answer is yes, state your 
role and the name, jurisdiction, case number, and a brief 
description of each proceeding.
4. Persons sharing residence. State the name, age, and 
relationship to you of each person at your present 
address.
5. Support provided others. State the name, age, 
address, and relationship to you of each person for 
whom you have provided support during the past 12 
months and the amount provided per month for each.
6. Support received for others. State the name, age, 
address, and relationship to you of each person for 
whom you have received support during the past 12 
months and the amount received per month for each.
7. Current income. List all income you received during 
the past 12 months, its source, the basis for its 
computation, and the total amount received from 
each. Attach your last three paycheck stubs.
8. Other income. During the past three years, have you 
received cash or other property from any source not 
identified in item 7? If so, list the source, the date, and 
the nature and value of the property.
9. Tax returns. Attach copies of all tax returns and tax  
schedules filed by or for you in any jurisdiction for the 
past three calendar years.
10. Schedule of assets and debts. Complete the 
Schedule of Assets and Debts (form FL-142) served 
with these interrogatories.
11. Separate property contentions. State the facts that  
support your contention that an asset or debt is 
separate property.
12. Property valuations. During the past 12 months, 
have you received written offers to purchase or had 
written appraisals of any of the assets listed on your 
completed Schedule of Assets and Debts? If your 
answer is yes, identify the document.
13. Property held by others. Is there any property 
held by any third party in which you have any interest 
or over which you have any control? If your answer is 
yes, indicate whether the property is shown on the 
Schedule of Assets and Debts completed by you. If it 
is not, describe and identify each such asset, state its 
present value and the basis for your valuation, and 
identify the person holding the asset.
14. Retirement and other benefits. Do you have an 
interest in any disability, retirement, profit-sharing, or 
deferred compensation plan? If your answer is yes, 
identify each plan and provide the name, address, 
and telephone number of the administrator and 
custodian of records.
15. Claims of reimbursement. Do you claim the legal 
right to be reimbursed for any expenditures of your 
separate or community property? If your answer is 
 yes, state all supporting facts.
16. Credits. Have you claimed reimbursement credits 
for payments of community debts since the date of 
separation? If your answer is yes, identify the 
source of payment, the creditor, the date paid, and 
the amount paid. State whether you have added to 
the debt since the separation.
17. Insurance. Identify each health, life, automobile, 
and disability insurance policy or plan that you now 
own or that covers you, your children, or your 
assets. State the policy type, policy number, and 
name of the company. Identify the agent and give 
the address.
18. Health. Is there any physical or emotional condition 
that limits your ability to work? If your answer is yes, 
state each fact on which you base your answer.
19. Children’s needs. Do you contend that any of 
your children have any special needs? If so, identify 
the child with the need, the reason for the need, its 
cost, and its expected duration.
20. Attorney fees. State the total amount of attorney 
fees and costs incurred by you in this proceeding, 
the amount paid, and the source of the money paid. 
Describe the billing arrangements.
21. Gifts. List any gifts you have made without the 
consent of your spouse or domestic partner in the 
past 24 months, their values, and the recipients.

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  Form ID: FL-145 Title: Form Interrogatories—Family Law Effective Date: 2025-07-01 Mandatory Form: no Languages: español Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-145 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl145.pdf Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl145…

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  copy, describe the document, including its date and nature, and give the name, address, telephone number, and occupation of the person who has the document. Sec. 3. Instructions to the Asking Party Check the box next to each interrogatory you want the answering party to answer. Sec. 4. Instructions to the Answer…

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  being a party to any legal or administrative proceeding other than this action? If your answer is yes, state your role and the name, jurisdiction, case number, and a brief description of each proceeding. 4. Persons sharing residence. State the name, age, and relationship to you of each person at your present add…

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  custodian of records. 15. Claims of reimbursement. Do you claim the legal right to be reimbursed for any expenditures of your separate or community property? If your answer is yes, state all supporting facts. 16. Credits. Have you claimed reimbursement credits for payments of community debts since the date of s…