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Family Court News & Announcements

Address Change for Downtown Family Court

The correct business address for downtown Family Court is 170 Park Ave, San Jose, CA 95113. The courthouse is located in the City View Plaza (previously called Park Center Plaza) at the corner of Park and Almaden in downtown San Jose.

Family Court Open in South County

One Family Law Department, the Family Clerk's Office and the Self-Help Center are open in the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill. (Click for Self-Help Center hours)

Family Court matters assigned to Department 71 have been transferred to Department 108 at the new South County Courthouse, which opened on May 4, 2009. Click for address and map to the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill.

Family Court Open in Sunnyvale

Two Family Law Departments, the Family Clerk's Office and the Self-Help Center are open in Sunnyvale. See the Standing Order for locations for filing and submitting documents. Click for address and map to the Sunnyvale Courthouse.
 

The Family Court section of this website gives you information on:

For information on domestic violence prevention, restraining orders and emergency protective orders, see the Restraining Order page on this website.

The pages in this  section will show you how to:

Family Cases Online: If you would like to see information about a particular family case or to find out about a hearing date, click here to visit our public access Case Info website. However, you will not be able to look up information about certain cases that are confidential. This includes cases involving adoptions, mental health issues and custody petitions for parents who have not married.

For more Family Law information, see Family Local Rules of Court on our main website, Family Statewide Rules of Court on the California Judicial Council website, and California Law, including the Family Code, on the California Legislative Information website.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): For information on ADR in Family Court, read the notice and visit the Family ADR section of the Court's main website.

Judgment checklists are required for uncontested Family Law Judgment packets. Click here to get the  Mandatory Family Law Judgment Checklist or Family Law Parentage Judgment Checklist. These will help you turn in the right forms to get a judgment in your family law case (divorce, parentage, etc.)

Get help filing out forms! Click here to find out about "EZ Legal File" - an online interactive (question/answer) free form generator for Domestic Violence and Family Law forms.
 

Some family information is in other sections of this website. For:
  • Criminal law violations by a child under the age of 18
Go to the Juvenile Justice section of this website.
  • Abuse and/or neglect of a child
Go to the Juvenile Dependency section of this website
  • For more information on child abuse
Go to the Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County
Go to the Probate section of this website.

Santa Clara County Superior Court maintains and provides this information as a service to our community. Please feel free to send your comments or suggestions.

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