FL-910 - Request of Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership

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Request of Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership

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Form ID: FL-910
Title: Request of Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership
Effective Date: 2020-01-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-910
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl910.pdf
Form Detail Page:
Request of Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership
(FL-910)
Tell the court that you are under the age of 18 years and that you and your proposed spouse or domestic partner want a court order to allow you to marry or register a domestic partnership. Give information about your age, education,  and the written consent of each person's parents.
Get form FL-910
Effective: January 1, 2020
PDF Text:
Clerk stamps date here when form is filed.
Fill in court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of
Court fills in case number when form is filed:
Case Number:
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Minor's Proposed Spouse or Domestic Partner
Request of Minor to Marry 
or Establish a Domestic PartnershipFL-910
Written Consent
Request of Minor to Marry or  
Establish a Domestic Partnership 
FL-910,  Page 1 of 2Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov 
Revised January 1, 2020, Mandatory Form  
Family Code, §§ 297, 297.1, 302–304
Name:
Firm Name:
Address:
Telephone number:
State: Zip:
E-mail Address:
City:
Minor Requesting Court Order
Name: Date of birth:
Address:
Telephone number:
State: Zip:City:
Male Female NonbinaryGender (Optional):
Date of birth:
3 Your Lawyer's Information (if you have a lawyer):
Name:
Address:
Telephone number:
4 We request that the court grant us permission to establish a domestic partnership.marryRequest
Unless the minor has no parent or guardian with the legal authority to consent (or capable of consenting), each 
person under 18 years of age must file with the request the written consent of a parent with legal authority or a legal 
guardian for the minor to marry or establish a domestic partnership. Form FL-912 may be used for this purpose.
Legal guardian
(specify name):
(specify name):
(specify name):
Parent with legal authority Legal guardian
Parent with legal authority Legal guardian
Parent with legal authority Legal guardian
Parent with legal authority
NonbinaryFemaleMaleGender (Optional):
Person in       (Check all that apply and specify name of the parent with legal authority or legal guardian):1
Legal guardianParent with legal authority
Legal guardianParent with legal authority
(specify name):
(specify name):
(specify name):
b.
a.
c.
d. I am a minor, but have no parent, parent capable of consenting, or legal guardian. 
Person in       (Check all that apply and specify name of the parent with legal authority or legal guardian):2
d. I am  not a minor  a minor, but have no parent, parent capable of consenting, or legal guardian. 
5 Minor's Age and Education
Is the person in       17 years of age?1
Does the person in       have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate?1
Is the person in       a minor?2
Does the person in       have a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate?2
b.
a.
c.
d.
b.
a.
c.
State Bar No.:
NoYes
Is the person in       17 years of age?2
NoYes
NoYes
NoYes
NoYes

The judge does not use the age and gender 
information in form FL-910 to decide whether to 
grant the request. 
When you file this request, the court must determine 
whether to grant permission for you to marry or establish 
a domestic partnership. 
FL-910, Page 2 of 2Request of Minor to Marry or  
Establish a Domestic Partnership
Revised January 1, 2020
Interview at least one of the parents or the 
guardians of each party who is a minor if the 
minor has a parent or guardian who has legal 
authority to consent to the minor's intended 
marriage or domestic partnership. 
Family Court Services must: 
The judge must:  
Prepare a written report based on the 
information collected from the interviews 
and give it to the court. 
Unless the minor is 17 years of age and has achieved a 
high school diploma or high school equivalency 
certificate, the law requires that all of the following 
be completed before the court can make a decision in 
your case:
Interview each of the parties separately and 
privately; and 
The court must consider, among other factors, 
the ability of the parties to pay for counseling 
before ordering the parties to attend counseling.(2) 
a. 
(3) 
(2) 
b.
The court cannot order the parties to participate 
in counseling that is provided by religious 
organizations of any denomination.
The court may require the parties to pay a 
reasonable fee to cover the cost of any 
counseling provided by the county or the court. 
The counseling must relate to the social, 
economic, and personal responsibilities incident 
to marriage or domestic partnership. 
c.
b.
a.
d.
The court will make an order on the party's request 
using Order and Notices to Minor on Request to 
Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership (
form 
FL-915). Important notices are included with the 
order. You may want to review the notices before 
you file the request.
Data collection
Age: The parties must specify their ages on form 
FL-910. By law, the court order must include this 
information in the order.
Gender: Parties are not required to specify their 
gender on form FL-910. If the parties volunteer this 
information, the court must include it in the order.
The parties’ ages are reported to the State Registrar 
or the Secretary of State to allow them to document 
and update each year the number of recorded 
marriages and domestic partnerships in which one or 
both of the parties were minors at the time the 
parties married or registered the domestic 
partnership.
1.
2.
Interview the parties separately. (1) 
Review the report and recommendations 
written by Family Court Services; 
(1) 
Make an order on the request to marry or  
establish a domestic partnership.
(3) 
4.
Date:
Person in       signs here
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and 
correct.
Date: Person in       signs here
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Case Number:
If the court considers it necessary, and the court 
determines that the parties can afford it, the law 
allows the judge to require the parties to participate 
in counseling before obtaining a marriage license or 
establishing a domestic partnership. As to this order: 
3.
If the minor has more than one parent or 
guardian with legal authority, Family Court 
Services must interview them separately.
Court order
Order for counseling

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  Form ID: FL-910 Title: Request of Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership Effective Date: 2020-01-01 Mandatory Form: yes Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/FL-910 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fl910.pdf Form Detail Page: Request of Minor to Marry or Establi…

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  (specify name): (specify name): b. a. c. d. I am a minor, but have no parent, parent capable of consenting, or legal guardian. Person in (Check all that apply and specify name of the parent with legal authority or legal guardian):2 d. I am not a minor a minor, but have no parent, parent capable of conse…

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  Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership ( form FL-915). Important notices are included with the order. You may want to review the notices before you file the request. Data collection Age: The parties must specify their ages on form FL-910. By law, the court order must include this information in the order. …