All parental responsibility and time-sharing cases need a Cover Sheet, a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act Affidavit, and a Child Support Guidelines Worksheet. They also require a parenting plan, but you don't have to use the form the courts provide.
Family Code section 2122 provides that a party may move to set aside a judgment based on fraud, perjury, duress, mental incapacity, mistake or failure to comply with family law disclosure requirements. The time limitations, described below, are more generous than CCP 473(b)'s six months.
With respect to a stipulated or uncontested judgment, a party may move to set it aside on the basis of mistake, either mutual or unilateral, whether the mistake is of law or fact. Similar to a post-judgment modification, the court is unwilling to grant a motion to set aside unless the criteria set forth above is met.
A judge can set aside a default judgment for the following reasons, among others: Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect of the party who failed to defend himself in the case. Fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct by the party who filed the case.
If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the defendant has to file and serve the demurrer or motion to strike within the deadline (usually 30 days) for responding to the Complaint. The other side then gets a chance to file a response before a court date where the judge will make a decision.
In law, a motion to set aside judgment is an application to overturn or set aside a court's judgment, verdict or other final ruling in a case. Such a motion is proposed by a party who is dissatisfied with the result of a case.
When a court renders a decision of another court to be invalid, that verdict or decision is set aside; see also annul or vacate. The phrase is often used in the context of appeals, when an appellate court invalidates the judgment of a lower court. For example, in Eckenrode v.
Filing for child custody in FL in 6 steps Determine the venue. Venue refers to the jurisdiction where the case should be filed. Fill out the petition. File the petition. Serve the petition. Await a response. Respond ingly.
If you and the other parent have reached an agreement, you should file a Parenting Plan, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.995(a) or a Supervised Safety Focused Parenting Plan, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.995(b) which addresses the time-sharing schedule for the child(ren).
The new law establishes a rebuttable presumption that equal timesharing (50/50 custody) is in the best interest of the child. Unless compelling reasons exist, courts will lean toward equal parenting time.