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The form the server completes after serving the petition and summons in a divorce, parentage or custody and support case.
Optional form · Revised January 1, 2021 · 2 pages · FL-100 and FL-110, or FL-200, FL-260 and FL-210
The PDF is the Judicial Council’s own file on courts.ca.gov, revised January 1, 2021. Form page on courts.ca.gov ↗
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FL-115 is completed by the person who served the respondent. They must have been at least 18 and not a party. It lists the papers served, where and how, and who served them. It cites Code of Civil Procedure section 417.10.
When it is used
Item 1 covers a marriage or domestic partnership petition (FL-100, FL-110, blank FL-120), a parentage petition (FL-200, FL-210, blank FL-220), or a custody and support petition (FL-260, FL-210, blank FL-270), plus financial and other papers.
Section by section
Use the current official form and its instructions. The descriptions below identify the questions without choosing answers for your situation.
The petition, summons and blank response for the case type, and completed and blank financial forms such as FL-105, FL-140, FL-142, FL-150 and FL-160.
Where the respondent was served.
Personal delivery, or copies left at home or business and then mailed, with a declaration of diligence attached.
Mail with two copies of FL-117 and a return envelope, mail outside California with a return receipt, or another code section.
Name, address and telephone, registration status and the fee.
Signed under penalty of perjury, or certified by a sheriff, marshal or constable.
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Live counties with a relevant case type: Butte · Calaveras · Colusa · Contra Costa · Glenn · Los Angeles · Madera · Mariposa · Mendocino · Merced · Napa · Orange · San Bernardino · San Diego · San Luis Obispo · San Mateo · Santa Barbara · Santa Clara · Santa Cruz · Sonoma · Stanislaus · Sutter · Tehama · Yuba. Check each listing’s new-case or existing-case status and document restrictions.
Questions
No. Item 1 states that the server was at least 18 and not a party to the action.
Item 3c says to attach the completed Notice and Acknowledgment of Receipt (FL-117), or for an address outside California, the signed return receipt or other evidence of delivery.
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FL-115 form revision: January 1, 2021.