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FL-580-INFO - How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order

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  • CitationFL-580-INFO
  • Court / bodyJudicial Branch of California
  • Decision dateN/A
  • CollectionCA_COURT_FORMS
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How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order

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Form ID: FL-580-INFO
Title: How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order
Effective Date: 2025-01-01
Mandatory Form: no
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-580-INFO
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl580info.pdf
Form Detail Page:
How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order
(FL-580-INFO)
Get form FL-580-INFO
Effective: January 1, 2025
PDF Text:
FL-580-INFO, Page 1 of 2
How to Register and Request Enforcement of 
Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order
Judicial Council of California, 
New January 1, 2025, Optional Form
How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-StateFL-580-INFO
or Tribal Custody Order
a. A letter or other document requesting 
registration. You may use form             , 
Registration of Out-of-State or Tribal Custody 
Order and Notice of Registration.
What documents do I need to give the 
court?
The documents you need to give the court to register 
your order are set out in Family Code section 
3445(a):
3.
b. Two copies of the out-of-state or tribal custody 
order that you want to register. One of the 
copies needs to be certified.
c. A statement or declaration signed under 
penalty of perjury that, as far as you know, the 
order you are registering has not been modified 
or changed. This declaration is contained in 
item 6d on page 2 of form             .
d. Unless there have been allegations of domestic 
violence or child abuse, you must also include 
your address and the address of any parent or 
person acting as a parent who has been 
awarded custody or visitation of the child.
This form explains what to do if you want to register 
and enforce a child custody order made by the court of 
another state, an Indian tribe, or another country. Ask the clerk what the filing fee is. If you cannot 
afford to pay the filing fee, ask the clerk how to 
apply for a fee waiver. Form               is available for 
this purpose.
Is there a fee?4.
1. Where do I register the order?
You can register a child custody order from the court 
of another state, country, or tribal court with any 
superior court in California. You can find a listing of 
California courts here: 
You can either bring the required documents to the 
court clerk’s office for registration or you can mail 
them to the court. Before you mail the documents, 
you should contact the court to confirm the correct 
department and address for mailing the documents. 
(See Family Code, §        .)
2. How do I register the order?
5. What can I ask the court to do?
If you want the assistance of the court and/or law 
enforcement to enforce the terms of the custody 
order because someone is violating the order, you 
can file form FL-581, Petition for Enforcement of 
Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order, either at the 
same time you register your custody order or later. 
The request must contain all the information set out 
in Family Code section         (b) and be signed under 
penalty of perjury. You must attach to your request 
certified copies of the order you want enforced. At 
the time you request enforcement, you can also ask 
the court to order you physical custody of the child, 
attorney's fees, and assistance from law 
enforcement. Sometimes law enforcement can help 
locate the child or execute a warrant to take physical 
custody of the child. (See Family Code, §§         ,   
         (b)(5).)                          
6. What happens after I register my order?
After you send or give your documents to the court, 
the court will file your order as a foreign judgment 
and give any other person you named who has, or 
claims a right to, custody or visitation with the child 
(or children) notice of the documents you have filed. 
(This notice is on page 3 of form FL-580.) The 
people who get notice have 20 days to ask for a 
hearing to object to the validity of the registered 
order. (See Family Code, §         (b).)

FL-580-INFO, Page 2 of 2How to Register and Request Enforcement of 
Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order
New January 1, 2025
How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-StateFL-580-INFO
or Tribal Custody Order
7. What if another person objects to 
registration of the order?
If someone objects to the registration of the custody 
order, you will get notice of the time and date that 
the court has set for a hearing. You or your attorney 
should go to the hearing. At the hearing, the court 
will consider whether the court that issued the 
custody order had jurisdiction under the Uniform 
Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act 
(UCCJEA) to make the order; whether the order has 
ever been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court 
with jurisdiction; and whether the person objecting 
to the order received notice of the order before it was 
made. (See Family Code, §         (d).)
8. When will my order be confirmed?
If at a hearing the court finds that the registered 
order is valid, or if no one contests the order within 
20 days, the court will confirm the order and give 
notice of the confirmation to you and all the other 
people served with notice of registration of the 
order. (See Family Code, §         (e).)                     
9. When is the order enforceable?
The registered order is enforceable from the date it is 
registered with the court unless and until the court 
finds the order is not valid. You do not have to wait 
for the court's confirmation. (See Family Code,          
§§         (c)(1),         .)  
You or your attorney must attend this hearing. At 
this hearing, the court will consider whether the 
child custody order has been registered and 
confirmed, and whether the order was later vacated, 
stayed, or modified by a court with jurisdiction. If 
the original order has not been registered and 
confirmed, the court will consider whether the court 
that issued it had jurisdiction under the UCCJEA, 
and whether the respondent was entitled to notice of 
the original order issued by the out-of-state or tribal 
court but did not receive it. (See Family Code,  
§         (d).)           
What happens at the enforcement 
hearing?
11.
10.What happens if I ask for help with 
enforcement?
If you ask the court for an order enforcing the 
custody order (see paragraph 5 above) either at the 
same time you register the order or later, the court 
will order the person who has the child in violation 
of the custody order to come to court, and will set a 
hearing for as soon after the person is served with 
that order as possible (usually the next court day). 
(See Family Code, §         (c).)

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    Form ID: FL-580-INFO Title: How to Register and Request Enforcement of Your Out-of-State or Tribal Custody Order Effective Date: 2025-01-01 Mandatory Form: no Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-580-INFO Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl580info.pdf Form Detail Page: …

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    department and address for mailing the documents. (See Family Code, § .) 2. How do I register the order? 5. What can I ask the court to do? If you want the assistance of the court and/or law enforcement to enforce the terms of the custody order because someone is violating the order, you can file form FL…

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    order is valid, or if no one contests the order within 20 days, the court will confirm the order and give notice of the confirmation to you and all the other people served with notice of registration of the order. (See Family Code, § (e).) 9. When is the order enforceable? The registered order is enforce…