Amador — FOAH-INFO

Source: https://amador.courts.ca.gov/system/files/foah_self_help.pdf

FINDINGS AND ORDER AFTER HEARING FORMS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.AMADORCOURT.ORG OR WWW.COURTS.CA.GOV

In order to submit a Findings and Order After Hearing to the Court you will need the following:

• YOUR MINUTES FROM THE COURT HEARING • FL-340 Findings and Order After Hearing Use this attachment ONLY IF CUSTODY/VISITATION ORDERS are addressed in the Clerk’s Minutes.

• FL-341 Child Custody and Visitation Order Attachment You may also need the following forms, which can be found online or at the Self-Help desk: FL-341(C) Children’s Holiday Schedule Attachment FL-341(D) Additional Provisions – Physical Custody Attachment FL-341(E) Joint Legal Custody Attachment Use this attachment to write down all of the orders that are addressed in the Clerk’s Minutes.

• MC-025 Blank Attachment to Any Judicial Council Form • FL-190 Notice of Entry of Judgment. You must provide TWO postage pre-paid envelopes. If child support orders, spousal support orders, or property orders are addressed in the Clerk’s Minutes, you will need the following forms, which can be found online or at the Self-Help desk:

• FL-342 Child Support Information and Order Attachment • FL-343 Spousal or Family Support Order Attachment • FL-344 Property Order Attachment GENERAL INFORMATION After your hearing, you will need to prepare documents for the Judge to sign. A Findings and Order After Hearing (FL-340) needs to be prepared and signed by the Judge to provide you with an enforceable order. In order to complete a Findings and Order After Hearing, you will need to obtain a copy of the Minutes from the date of your hearing. When you submit your documents to the Court, if you wish to have the order mailed to you, you will need to include TWO postage pre-paid envelopes in addition to the envelopes provided with the Notice of Entry of Judgment. One envelope should be addressed to YOURSELF. The other should be addressed to the OTHER PARTY. If you do not provide envelopes, you may pick up your orders at the civil division counter.

REVISED 5/19/2020 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF AMADOR FAMILY LAW FACILITATOR FAMILY LAW INFORMATION CENTER ef 209-257-2627

TO SERVE PROPOSED ORDER ON THE OTHER PARTY If the other party appeared at the hearing, you must serve them a copy of the proposed order to make sure that it matches what was ordered in court. California Rule of Court 5.125 requires that the prevailing party provide the other party with a copy of the PROPOSED ORDER before submitting it to the Court. If the other party appeared in court, you must serve them with a proposed Findings and Order After Hearing within 10 days of the hearing date. Do a Proof of Service to show that the other party was served. If the other party does not return the signed order, or object, within 20 days of the hearing date, you may submit an original order that is two hole punched at the top of the page with a copy for each party in the case, the Notice of Entry of Judgment with a copy for each party in the case, the Clerks Letter and the Proof of Service showing that the proposed order was served on the other party, and the addressed stamped envelopes as indicated above. If the other party did not appear at your hearing, submit to the court clerk the original proposed order with TWO COPIES, and the original Notice of Entry of Judgment with TWO COPIES and TWO postage pre-paid envelopes. Make sure you provide an additional set of TWO POSTAGE PRE-PAID ENVELOPES with your documents if you wish to have the orders mailed to you. Have one envelope ADDRESSED TO YOU and have the other envelope ADDRESSED TO THE OTHER PARTY. Make sure the COURT’S ADDRESS is used as the RETURN ADDRESS on ALL ENVELOPES.

YOUR NAME YOUR STREET ADDRESS YOUR CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE

IN PRO PER

COUNTY NAME
COURT’S PHYSICAL ADDRESS YOU MUST HAVE THE
COURT’S CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE MINUTES FROM
YOUR HEARING TO
FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON FILL OUT THIS FORM. YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS

CASE NUMBER HERE

DATE OF HEARING TIME OF HEARING WHICH COURTROOM
JUDGE’S NAME HERE
DATE MOTION NAME OF THE PARTY
WAS FILED WHO FILED THE MOTION
CHECK THE BOXES TO
SHOW WHO WAS
PRESENT

IF YOU ARE USING THE
MC-25 FORM YOU WILL
CHECK THE “OTHER” BOX
TO SHOW WHAT THE
COURT DID AND DID NOT
ORDER AT THE HEARING.
IF YOU DID NOT ADDRESS
SOME OF THESE ISSUES,
CHECK “NOT APPLICABLE”

DO NOT DATE OR SIGN THIS FORM

IF THE OTHER PARTY WAS PRESENT IN COURT, THEY WILL NEED TO SIGN THIS ORDER.

CHECK WHETHER THEY ARE THE “PETITIONER” OR “RESPONDENT”

FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS THE INFORMATION APPEARS ON YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS COURT CASE NUMBER CHECK A BOX TO SHOW WHAT THIS FORM IS BEING ATTACHED TO

X

CHECK THIS BOX IF THE COURT ADDRESSED CHILD CUSTODY.

CHILD’S FULL NAME CHILD’S DATE OF BIRTH WRITE IN THE NAME(S) OF WHO WRITE IN THE NAME(S) OF WHO WAS

(OLDEST CHILD FIRST) MONTH / DAY / YEAR WAS AWARDED LEGAL CUSTODY AWARDED PHYSICAL CUSTODY

X

CHECK THE BOXES THAT MATCH EXACTLY WHAT THE COURT ORDERED.

FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS THE INFORMATION APPEARS ON YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS COURT CASE NUMBER

CHECK THE BOXES THAT MATCH EXACTLY WHAT THE COURT ORDERED. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED NEXT TO THE BOXES YOU CHECK.

FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS THE INFORMATION APPEARS ON YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS COURT CASE NUMBER

CHECK THE BOXES THAT MATCH EXACTLY WHAT THE COURT ORDERED. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED NEXT TO THE BOXES YOU CHECK.

FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS IT APPEARS ON YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS CASE NUMBER

WRITE IN ‘Attachment 7 FL-340’

WRITE “OTHER ORDER ATTACHMENT TO FINDINGS AND ORDER AFTER HEARING”

READ THE MINUTES AND WRITE IN HERE ALL ORDERS MADE AT THE HEARING THAT YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY WRITTEN IN ANOTHER ATTACHMENT. DO NOT ADD OR LEAVE OUT ANY ORDERS. THE ORDERS MUST MATCH THE CLERK’S MINUTES EXACTLY.

USE THIS FORM ONLY IF THE COURT TALKED ABOUT OTHER ISSUES IN THE MINUTES

YOUR NAME YOUR STREET ADDRESS YOUR CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE

TELEPHONE #

WRITE “IN PRO PER”

COUNTY NAME

COURT’S PHYSICAL ADDRESS

COURT’S CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE

FILL THIS OUT EXACTLY AS THE INFORMATION

APPEARS ON YOUR OTHER DOCUMENTS

COURT CASE NUMBER

X WRITE IN : “FINDINGS AND ORDER AFTER HEARING HELD ON” (THEN WRITE IN THE DATE OF THE HEARING)

IF DCSS IS INVOLVED IN YOUR CASE, YOU WILL

ALSO NEED TO FIT THE AGENCY’S ADDRESS IN THIS AREA

PETITIONER’S NAME HERE RESPONDENT’S NAME HERE PETITIONER’S ADDRESS HERE RESPONDENT’S STREET ADDRESS HERE PETITIONER’S CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE RESPONDENT’S CITY, STATE, and ZIP CODE