A Summons for Petition of Custody and Child Support must also be completed and filed with the court. After the Summons is filed it is served, by a third party, to the Respondent. If either party is requesting Child Support from the other party, then a Child Support Case Registry Form must be completed. The information on this form is included in a national database, which among other things, is used to locate absent parents. When a parent files a court order, s/he must complete the Child Support Case Registry Form and file it with the court within ten days of the date the parent receives the court order. If any of the information on the Child Support Case Registry Form changes, the court must be notified within ten days of the change. The form is confidential, and unlike the rest of the forms in a Family Law case, is not filed in the court file, meaning it will not be seen by either the Petitioner, the Respondent, or either party's attorneys. It is maintained in a confidential file with the State of California.
An Income and Expense Declaration supports the Petitioner's Child Support Request and is used by the court to determine how much child support should be granted, and to which party. When filing an Income and Expense Declaration, three copies of the person's last three pay stubs, or a recent profit and loss statement if the person is self-employed and/or owns any rental property, must be attached.
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