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SHORT TITLE: CASE NUMBER:

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR RESPONDENT You are hereby informed that on (date) ________________ the Petitioner filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage Petition for Legal Separation Petition for Nullity Petition to Establish Parental Relationship Other ___________________________ against you as Respondent, in case number . The Petition requests a dissolution of marriage legal separation nullity of marriage based on_____________ other

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establishment of parental relationship. The minor children include: 1.___(name) (date of birth) 2.(name) (date of birth) 3.___(name) (date of birth) 4.(name) (date of birth) In addition, the Petition requests the following orders: joint legal custody or sole legal custody to the Petitioner Respondent, joint physical custody or sole physical custody of the minor child(ren) to the Petitioner Respondent, visitation rights for petitioner respondent, possible child support orders, spousal support to the Petitioner Respondent, termination of jurisdiction to award spousal support to petitioner respondent, property division, other:______________________________________________. The address of the Petitioner is ______________________________________________________________. This form is attached to the Letter Rogatory giving rise to the service of these documents. Also attached are: Copies of the Petition initiating the action in which the Letter Rogatory was issued, copies of documents filed concurrently with the petition, and any rulings that ordered the issuance of the Letter Rogatory. The Summons grants you 30 calendar days from the date of service to file the Response, and warns that if you do not, the case may be determined by default (without your participation) and that the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, property, debts, custody of children, and may order you to pay support, attorney’s fees and costs. You are required by the local rules of the Imperial County Superior Court to file a Case Management Questionnaire no later than fifteen calendar days before your Case Management Hearing. Other: ______________________________________________________________________________________________. The first paper fee to file the Response is $435.00 (U.S. Dollars). If you cannot afford to pay the filing fee, you may apply to the court for an order waiving the filing fee and other fees. Information about obtaining a fee waiver may be found at http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/fw001info.pdf . Legal information and assistance is available at the Family Law Facilitator’s Office in the courthouse where your case was filed. For a list of all Family Law Facilitator’s locations in the state of California, see http://www.courts.ca.gov/9497.htm. Assistance is also available at the Access Center, Superior Court of California, County of Imperial, 939 W. Main Street, El Centro, CA 92243, email accesscenter@imperial.courts.ca.gov.

Form Approved for Mandatory Use imperial.courts.ca.gov FL-18A (Adopted 01/01/11, REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE Revised 01/01/12-01/01/15) FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN MEXICO Page 4 of 4