FL-520 - Response to Uniform Support Petition (UIFSA)

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Response to Uniform Support Petition (UIFSA)

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Form ID: FL-520
Title: Response to Uniform Support Petition (UIFSA)
Effective Date: 2017-01-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-520
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl520.pdf
Form Detail Page:
Response to Uniform Support Petition (UIFSA)
(FL-520)
Tell the judge and the other parent that you are responding to and describe the orders you want the judge to make in the case.
Get form FL-520
Effective: January 1, 2017
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RESPONSE TO UNIFORM SUPPORT PETITION 
(UIFSA)
Family Code, § 5700.311 
www.courts.ca.gov
RESPONSE TO UNIFORM SUPPORT PETITION
I am the parent of the following children (specify all children listed in the petition):
Child's name
(1)
b.
Date of birth
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6) Additional children are listed on a page attached to this response.
A voluntary declaration of paternity has been signed by the parents and is attached.
b.
a.
Form Adopted for Mandatory Use 
Judicial Council of California 
FL-520 [Rev. January 1, 2017]
3.
FOR COURT USE ONLY
FL-520
1.
4.
a.
b.
YOU MUST FILE THIS RESPONSE WITH THE COURT IF YOU WISH TO OPPOSE THE LAWSUIT.
2. I request that a genetic test to determine parentage be done for all children for whom I have checked a “No” box above.
CHILD SUPPORT
or Financial Statement (Simplified) (form FL-155). (NOTE: You can file this response without either of these forms.)
OTHER ORDERS
5.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
BRANCH NAME:
CITY AND ZIP CODE:
STREET ADDRESS:
MAILING ADDRESS:
PETITIONER:
RESPONDENT:
OTHER: 
CASE NUMBER:
PARENTAGE
I agree to pay support as requested in this action.
I disagree with the support requested. 
I agree to the other orders requested.
I disagree with the other requested orders as follows (specify):
Attached is my completed Income and Expense Declaration (form FL-150)
I request a court hearing.
NAME: STATE BAR NO.:
FIRM NAME:
STREET ADDRESS:
CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY (name, state bar number, and address):  
TELEPHONE NO.: FAX NO.:
ATTORNEY FOR (name):
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
a.
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No

This case may be referred to a court commissioner for hearing. By law, court commissioners do not have the authority to    
issue final orders and judgments in contested cases unless they are acting as temporary judges. The court commissioner  
in your case will act as a temporary judge unless, before the hearing, you or any other party object to the commissioner  
acting as a temporary judge. The court commissioner may still hear your case to make findings and recommendations to a 
judge. However, if you object to the commissioner acting as a temporary judge, an order will not be made until a judge  
reviews your case.
PROOF OF SERVICE
At the time of service I was at least 18 years of age and not a party to the legal action.1.
I served this response and any other forms filed with the response as follows (check a. or b. below for each person served):2.
a.
(1)  Name of party or attorney served:
b.
(2)  Name of local child support agency served:(1)  Name of party or attorney served:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
(SIGNATURE OF PERSON WHO SERVED RESPONSE)
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
(SIGNATURE OF DECLARANT)
My address and telephone number for receipt of all notices and court dates until I file a change of address with the court and with  
the petitioner or petitioner's attorney and/or the local child support agency are as follows:
An adult other than you must complete the Proof of Service below and provide a copy of this response to the petitioner or 
petitioner's attorney and/or the local child support agency at the address listed on the summons.
(2)  Name of local child support agency served:
6.
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RESPONSE TO UNIFORM SUPPORT PETITION 
(UIFSA)
Personal service. I personally delivered a copy of this response as follows:
Mail. I deposited this response in the United States mail, in a sealed envelope with first-class postage fully prepaid,  
addressed as follows:
FL-520
Address:
City and zip code:
Home telephone:
Work telephone:
Date:
Date:
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)
(TYPE OR PRINT NAME)
(a)  Address:
(b)  Date of mailing:
(c)  Time of mailing:
(a)  Address:
(b)  Date of mailing:
(c)  Time of mailing:
(a)  Address where delivered:
(b)  Date of delivery:
(c)  Time of delivery:
(b)  Date of delivery:
(c)  Time of delivery:
(a)  Address where delivered:
CASE NUMBER:PETITIONER:
RESPONDENT:
OTHER:

INFORMATION SHEET FOR RESPONSE TO UNIFORM SUPPORT PETITION
Please follow these instructions to complete the Response to Uniform Support Petition (form FL-520) if you do not have  
an attorney to represent you. Your attorney, if you have one, should complete this form.
You must file the completed response and attachments with the court clerk within 30 days of the date you received the 
Uniform Support Petition (form OMB 0970-0085). The address of the court clerk is the same as the one shown for the 
superior  court on the summons. You may have to pay a filing fee. If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, contact the 
court clerk.  Keep two copies of the filed response form and its attachments. Serve one copy on the petitioner or 
petitioner's  attorney and/or the local child support agency and keep the other copy for your records. (See 
Information Sheet  for Service of Process, form FL-611.)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE RESPONSE FORM (YOU CAN COMPLETE THE FORM ON A COMPUTER, 
BY TYPING, OR BY PRINTING IN INK):
For each child listed on the response form, you must check the 
“yes” box if you agree that you are that child's  
parent or check the “no” box if you do not think or you are not sure whether you are that child's parent. You  
must write in the name of each child listed in the Uniform Support Petition if your response form does not  
include the names of any children.
If the local child support agency filed the Uniform Support Petition, the local child support agency will tell you 
when and where to go for the genetic test. The local child support agency's office will pay for the cost of the test, 
but if the court decides that you are the parent, you may have to repay this cost to the local child support agency.
b.
If you disagree with the support asked for in the Uniform Support Petition, you should check this box. If you  
have documents that prove your reasons for disagreeing with the request in the Uniform Support Petition, you  
should attach documents to this form.
Check this box if you want a court hearing. The petitioner or the local child support agency may also schedule a  
hearing whether or not you have checked this box.
You must list your address and phone numbers where you can receive all notices and court dates. You must let  
the court know whenever your address changes. You may not receive important notices that affect you if the court 
does not have your current address.
You must date the response form, print your name, and sign the form under a penalty of perjury. When you sign the 
response form, you are stating that the information you have provided is true and correct.
Instructions for how to complete the Proof of Service section of the response form are in the Information Sheet for Service 
of Process (form FL-611). The person who serves the response and its attachments must fill out this section of the form. 
You cannot serve your own response.
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If you are responding to a question of paternity, check the “parentage” box.
a.
If you and the other parent have signed a voluntary declaration of paternity you should attach it to this form  
and check this box.
Check this box if you agree to pay the support asked for in the Uniform Support Petition that you received.a.
b.
a. Check this box if you agree to the other orders requested in the Uniform Support Petition that you received.
b. If you disagree with the orders requested in the Uniform Support Petition, you should check this box.
If you need assistance with this form, contact an attorney or the family law facilitator in your county. The family law  
facilitator can give you free help with this form.
RESPONSE TO UNIFORM SUPPORT PETITION 
(UIFSA)
(Do NOT deliver this Information Sheet to the court clerk.)
Item 1:
Item 2:
Item 4:
Item 5:
Item 6:
Item 3:
Front page, first box, top of form, left side: Print your name, address, and telephone number in this box if it is not 
already there.  
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