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Resources to develop a parenting plan | California Courts | Self Help Guide
These are just guides, your schedule will reflect your child's and family's needs.

Parenting plans at different ages from Superior Court of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Superior Court has information about creating a parenting plan (including sample schedules) for children under 3, from 3 to 5, 6 to 9, 10 to 13, and 14 to 18 years old.

Planning for parenting time from the Arizona Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court has created a Guide for Parents Living Apart with sample plans for children of different ages. It also has information for special situations, like if parents live far apart, the child has special needs, or a parent is in the military. 

Your court's mediator can discuss different plans
If you and your child's other parent can't agree on a parenting plan, you can ask a judge to decide on one. Before the judge decides, you will go to mediation or child custody recommending counseling. The mediator can discuss different plans at your meeting.

Parenting plan online course and worksheet
Families Change offers an online guide to help you develop a parenting plan. It includes a worksheet to help you start developing your plan.

Suggestions if you're concerned a parent will not follow a plan or order
You will want a clear and detailed order that covers issues of concern. There are court forms with orders you can ask for if you're concerned a parent won't follow an order or may take your child.

Concerns about your child's safety
If you have concerns about your child's mental or physical safety when they're with the other parent, it can be difficult to make a safe parenting plan that works. There are laws, court programs, and government agencies that may be able to help. 

Find out about supervised visitation
A judge can order that a parent only has contact with the child when a neutral third person is present during the visitation, often called “supervised visitation.”

Ask for a child custody evaluation
If you have concerns about your child's mental or physical safety when with the other parent, a judge can order a child custody evaluation.
Family Court Services | Superior Court of California | County of Tulare
This can include obtaining information from schools, doctors, and therapists as well as results from assessments for drug and alcohol abuse or domestic violence. There may be a fee imposed for the investigation.
Why are you going to be referred to child custody recommending counseling?
If you come to court without a plan for parenting your child or children, it is mandated in the State of California that you be referred for mediation and child custody recommending counseling so that you have the opportunity to resolve your dispute and eliminate the need for a court hearing. Our counselors realize that divorcing and separated parents and their children have pressing needs which must be met. Mother and father may feel angry and hostile, abandoned and uncertain of the future. The responsibilities of a new life and earning sufficient income may be very difficult. Fears of being separated from their children can make the situation even more traumatic.
Children too, have special needs at this time. "Who will care for me?" is in each child's mind. Their stress may be shown in any number of ways, including clinging to one parent or the other; having difficulties in school or relationships; having trouble sleeping or eating; and withdrawing from customary activities.
Working towards a cooperative parenting plan can help minimize these stresses for everyone. Maintaining continuing, conflict-free contact is also important, as are patience, open communication, and giving things time to work. Parents should refrain from making negative remarks about each other in the child's presence, and both parents must accept responsibility for their situation. Working with the counselor to develop a plan for your family can help you in this transitional time.
Why minor marriage counseling?
Family Code sections 302 and 304 require that a judge sign a court order allowing anyone under the age of 18 to get a marriage license. Parties who are under the age of 18 who wish to marry are interviewed by a counselor who provides information to the juvenile court judge. The judge then either approves or denies the request to marry. Parties are required to provide certain documentation to the counselor - our office staff can set an appointment and give you the information you need.
Legal Terms Relating to Child Custody
Legal Custody:The rights and responsibilities of parents to make decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare of their children.
Self-Help Glossary - selfhelp
file: When a person officially gives a paper to a court clerk and that paper becomes part of the record of a case.
file-stamped: See endorsed-filed copies.
filing a form: A court form is "filed" only when the court clerk stamps it "Filed." You can give your court forms to the clerk by mail or in person.
filing fees: Money you pay the court clerk to accept (or "file") a complaint or petition, which starts a civil case, or other court papers, like motions and answers.
finding: When a judicial officer or jury says something is a fact.
fine: The money a person must pay as punishment for doing something illegal or for not doing something they were supposed to do.
fix-it ticket: A common name for a traffic ticket given for a malfunction on a vehicle, like a broken taillight. After fixing the problem, the vehicle owner has to get a police officer to sign the ticket to show the problem is taken care of.
foreperson: When the jury first meets to decide a case, they vote to pick 1 member of the jury as their foreperson. The foreperson is in charge of making sure that discussions take place in an orderly way, that the case and issues are fully and freely discussed, and that every juror has a chance to participate in the discussion. When the jury finishes deciding the case, the foreperson counts the votes and completes and signs the verdict form.
forfeiture: When a person must give up money or property because they didn't meet a legal obligation. (See also bail forfeiture.)
foster care: A program that gives money to a person, family, or institution to raise someone else's child. (See also IV-E and IV-E case.)
fraud: Deceiving someone on purpose in a way that financially hurts others.
fugitive: A person suspected of doing something wrong that runs away or tries to escape the law.
full faith and credit: This means a state must honor an order or judgment of another state's court and tribal courts.
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Adoptions Information: Sacramento Superior Court

mandatory forms developed by Judicial Council. Please go to the
	
	California Courts self-help website - external link for reference materials regarding adult adoptions.
If you are seeking an Independent, Agency, or Intercountry adoption:

	A hearing can be scheduled after the following documents have been
 	filed with the court:

Adoption Request;
Adoption Report;
Accounting Reports; and
Consents, Relinquishments, or Termination of Parental Rights


 	To request a hearing, submit two (2) copies of the previously filed Adoption
 	Request (unless you are filing it and requesting a hearing) along with a
 	self-addressed, stamped envelope. Adoption hearings are scheduled on
 	Monday mornings at 8:30 a.m. If you have
 	dates when you are unavailable you may include them with your paperwork.

 	Additional information regarding Independent, Agency, and Intercountry adoptions
 	coordinated by the California Department of Social Services, including their
 	associated fees, is available at 
 	https://www.CDSS.CA.GOV/Adoptions - external link.
If you are a stepparent or a domestic partner seeking adoption of a Spouse's/Domestic Partner's child:

Stepparent Adoption Packet

Fees

 	When you file your petition for adoption, you must pay a court filing fee. For a
 	stepparent adoption, an additional court investigation fee is required. Check the
 	
 	Fees and Forms page for further information.

 	For Independent, Agency and Intercountry adoptions, see separate associated fees at
 	the California Department of Social Services webpage at 
 	https://www.CDSS.CA.GOV/Adoptions - external link.

Adoption Records

General Information

	Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights cases may involve the taking of a child into a family, creating a parent child relationship, and giving him or her all
	the rights and privileges of a natural child. Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights records are confidential. These documents may only be viewed and copied by
	the parties or their attorneys of record.

 	Due to the strict laws regarding the confidentiality of adoption files, individuals who have
 	been adopted are not permitted to see their adoption records without an order of the court.
The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support
The letter communicated a number of updates:

Effective January 1, 2023, DSS instructs that counties shall no longer refer parents, whose children have been removed from the home and who are receiving child welfare services, to the state child support program. “Receiving child welfare services” here refers to cases where FR services are being received or have been terminated; a parent has refused reunification services; or cases that are in any other related program, such as family maintenance or legal guardianship.
The only exception to this new policy is if a parent’s annual income is greater than $100,000 or 400 percent of the federal poverty level, whichever is greater, and the local child welfare agency determines that a referral to the state child support program will not pose a barrier to reunification.
As of January 1, 2023, active foster care cases will not accrue new debt.
Although no new debt will accrue for these cases, debt that has already accrued will remain. Former foster care cases with outstanding debts also would remain. DSS will work to provide additional guidance to address the issue of arrears.

DCSS Communicated Updates to LCSAs. Local child welfare agencies are responsible for changing their practices in terms of when they deem it appropriate to refer foster care cases to the state child support program. However, for cases that have been/will be referred by local child welfare agencies to LCSAs, LCSAs are responsible for implementing other parts of DSS’s new guidance. To that effect, DCSS issued a series of letters to LCSAs in August through October 2023 with updated guidance and instructions. Through the letters, DCSS directed LCSAs to review any new foster care case referrals prior to beginning enforcement to ensure they meet DSS’s exemption policy. In addition, DCSS directed LCSAs to cease enforcement of current support orders for cases existing prior to 2023. Regarding those existing cases that previously accrued arrears, DCSS has instructed LCSAs to determine whether or not those debts are collectible. (DCSS anticipates this process may be completed within the next year, but there is no specific time line for making the uncollectible determinations.)
Self-Help Glossary - selfhelp
cross-examination: The testimony a witness gives when the other side’s lawyer is asking the questions at a trial, hearing, or deposition.

custodial parent: The parent that has primary care, custody, and control of the child(ren).

custody:

(1) the care and control of children. See child custody.
(2) when the court imprisons a person after they are found guilty of a crime;
(3) when someone is under the physical control of the court to make sure they go to court when they're supposed to.
custody list: A list that the county jail makes every day to tell the court the names of the people in custody that have hearings that day. Also called a "transportation list."

Custody mediation: A meeting with a trained, neutral third party who helps the parents try to agree on a parenting plan for their children. Click here for more information on custody mediation.

custody order: A court order that says who a child will live with and who should make decisions about health care, education, and other important things.
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damages: Money that the losing side must pay to the winning side to make up for losses or injuries. There are 2 kinds of damages: (1) "compensatory," meaning money to pay for the actual cost of an injury or loss; and (2)"punitive" or "exemplary," meaning an amount of money that’s more than the actual damages. This is a punishment for willful or malicious acts.
debtor: A person or business that owes a debt (usually money). (See judgment debtor.)
debtor's examination:  A court procedure that a judgment creditor may use to make a judgment debtor provide the information about his or her income and assets needed to collect the judgment. (Often called an "OEX", which is short for an "Order of Examination".)
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There are many options to help someone with a severe mental illness. If you are considering the CARE Act process, you must show that other options with less restrictions, like the ones listed below, do not work for the person's situation before you will be able to begin the CARE Act process.
Commercial Health Insurance
Check to see if the person has commercial health insurance. If so, contact the health plan or insurer and ask about support and services that are available through the person’s plan. 
County Behavioral Health Agency
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Child custody and parenting time | California Courts | Self Help Guide
There are 4 main types of parenting time orders: 
With a schedule
Often, it helps parents and children to have a set schedule with the dates and times that the children will be with each parent. The schedule can include holidays, special occasions (like birthdays, mother's day, father's day, and other important dates for the family), and vacations. 
Reasonable
These orders are open-ended. They allow the parents to work it out between them. This type of plan can work if parents get along very well, can be flexible, and communicate well. But, if you disagree, not having a set schedule can create problems. 
Supervised
This is used when there are concerns about the children’s safety and well-being. The visits with the other parent are supervised by you, another adult, or a professional agency. It is sometimes used when a child and a parent need time to become more familiar with each other, like if a parent has not seen their child in a long time and both need to slowly get to know each other again. Find more information on supervised visitation. 
No visitation
It is used when visiting with a parent, even if supervised, would be physically or emotionally harmful to the children.  
Determining what's in the best interest of your child
If you and the other parent can't agree on a parenting plan, then you will have to ask a judge to decide. To decide what is best for a child, the judge considers: 

The age and health of the child

The emotional ties between the parents and the child

The child’s ties to their school, home, and community

The ability of each parent to care for the child

Any history of family violence 

Any regular and ongoing substance abuse by either parent

Then, the judge decides based on what's in the best interest of your child.
How to get or change a custody and parenting time order
File papers with the court to ask for an order
There are different types of cases and papers you can file to ask for a child custody and visitation (parenting time) order.
Adoptions | California Courts | Self Help Guide
That new parent-child relationship is permanent and is exactly the same as that of a birth family.
An adoptive parent can be a stepparent or domestic partner of one of the birth parents, a relative of the child who has been caring for the child, or someone not related to the child by blood.
If the child is 12 years old or older, the child will also have to agree to the adoption.
Adoptions filed in California are confidential
Adoption files are confidential. They are available to the adult adoptee, adoptive parents, and their attorneys. You may file a petition with the court clerk to ask the court for permission to obtain copies from the adoption file. Contact the court where the adoption was granted. Find your court and their contact information.

Different ways to adopt
 You will follow a different adoption process based on your situation. The process you will follow depends on your relationship with the child and how they came into (or will come into) your care.
Select a type of adoption to find out more about the process

 Stepparent adoption

 A spouse or domestic partner of one of the child's birth parents becomes the child's other legal parent. The couple must be legally married or registered as domestic partners. 
Guide to stepparent adoption

 Adoption to confirm parentage

 This is called "stepparent" adoption to confirm parentage. Married parents whose children were conceived through assisted reproduction or born through a gestational surrogacy process may be able to use a simplified adoption process to protect the legal parental rights of a parent who did not give birth to the child.
How to adopt a child to confirm parentage

 Independent adoption

 This type of adoption happens when an adoption agency or Department of Social Services is not part of the adoption case. In these cases, if the existing and adopting parents agree, the parental rights of the existing parents do not have to be terminated
Guide to independent adoptions

 Agency adoption

 The California Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency is part of the adoption case. The court ends the parental rights of the child’s two birth parents, and the adoptive parents become the children’s legal parents.
Child Custody / Visitation: Sacramento Superior Court

would be helpful to define that specifically as the 1st, 3rd, and 5th (or the 
 2nd and 4th) weekend of the month. The pick-up and drop-off times may also be specific, 
 such as Friday at 3:00 p.m. to Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
Supervised Visitation:

 This option is used when the child's or 
 children's safety and well-being require that visits with a parent be 
 supervised by the other parent, another adult, or a professional agency.
No Visitation:

 This option is used in extreme situations in which 
 contact with the parent would be physically or emotionally harmful to the child.

Residential Requirements

 If you do not have a case for custody and visitation filed in any court, you may file
 in Sacramento County only if the child has resided in California for the past six
 months and currently resides in Sacramento County. If a custody case has already been
 filed in another state or county, contact that court for information about modifying
 the orders or moving the case to Sacramento County.

 	Before considering any of these actions, it is recommended that you seek legal advice
 	regarding this very technical area of the law.

Married Parents - Custody / Visitation Orders

 	Married parents who wish to obtain custody or visitation orders must first open a
 	family law case, usually for 
 	dissolution of marriage (divorce). Married parents
 	who do not wish to file for divorce, may also obtain custody orders in a 
 	
 	legal separation or nullity case. The family court cannot make custody and
 	visitation orders until a family law case has been filed.

Unmarried Parents - Custody / Visitation Orders

 	Unmarried parents who wish to obtain custody or visitation orders must first
 	open a family law case, and, if parentage has not been legally established, must
 	first establish legal parentage of the child or children. This is done by filing
 	a 
 	parentage case under the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA). The family court cannot
 	make custody and visitation orders until a family law case has been filed.

Custody / Visitation Orders without Filing for Dissolution, Legal Separation,
 or Parentage

 The Petition for Custody and Support of the Minor Children is used in
The Superior Court of California - County of Ventura - FAQs
COMMUNITY PROPERTY is any property, whether real or personal, which has been acquired by the parties during 
 the marriage. This property is owned equally by the parties. The same applies to debts acquired during the marriage.

SEPARATE PROPERTY is any property, whether real or personal, acquired by a party before they married, after 
 the date of separation with separate funds or during the marriage by gift or inheritance. This property belongs solely to the party acquiring it.

LEGAL CUSTODY applies to the right and responsibility to make decisions regarding the health, education and 
 welfare of the minor child. SOLE LEGAL CUSTODY means that only one parent has the right to make these decisions. 
 Usually, the court will order JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY which means that either parent may make the decisions unless 
 the court specifies circumstances requiring joint consent.

PHYSICAL CUSTODY addresses the period of time each parent will have the child in his or her physical custody. 
 An order for JOINT PHYSICAL CUSTODY does not necessarily mean a 50/50 custody arrangement but instead that each 
 parent will have significant periods of physical custody. A SOLE PHYSICAL CUSTODY order means that the child will 
 reside primarily with one parent who will have the day-to-day care of the child and the other parent will have âvisitationâ on specified times.

GUIDELINE CHILD SUPPORT is the amount of child support which is presumed to be correct. This is a complicated 
 formula which has been turned into a computer program called DISSOMASTER. This program calculates Guideline child 
 support and may be used to calculate temporary spousal support but not âlong-termâ spousal support.

SPOUSAL SUPPORT is a payment made by a higher earning spouse to a lower earning spouse. SS used to be called âalimonyâ.

TEMPORARY or PENDENTE LITE ORDERS are orders that are issued at any time after the Petition is 
 filed until the Final Judgment is entered. Often these orders are designed to maintain the âstatus quoâ of the parties until a final 
 judgment on all issues can be ordered and involve issues of custody, visitation, child and/or spousal support.

SERVICE or SERVICE OF PROCESS is the procedure whereby a party is given copies of certain documents