How to Find Out if a Respondent Has Responded to a Dissolution of Marriage in California
Check a file-stamped document for the case number., Look up the case number on the court’s website.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Check a file-stamped document for the case number.
If you’re the petitioner in the case, you should have file-stamped copies of the documents you filed with the court to open the case: the petition, summons, and possibly other documents, too.
On the top right of each document’s cover page, a file stamp and a case number will be stamped.
If you aren’t the petitioner and don’t have access to the file-stamped documents in the case (or if you’re the petitioner but lost your file-stamped documents), see the next step. -
Step 2: Look up the case number on the court’s website.
Go to http://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.
Under Superior Court, click the county in which the case is filed.
Unfortunately, each county’s superior court website has a different way of accessing case information.
However, you should be able to search for a case number using the Petitioner’s name or Respondent’s name.
Detailed Guide
If you’re the petitioner in the case, you should have file-stamped copies of the documents you filed with the court to open the case: the petition, summons, and possibly other documents, too.
On the top right of each document’s cover page, a file stamp and a case number will be stamped.
If you aren’t the petitioner and don’t have access to the file-stamped documents in the case (or if you’re the petitioner but lost your file-stamped documents), see the next step.
Go to http://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.
Under Superior Court, click the county in which the case is filed.
Unfortunately, each county’s superior court website has a different way of accessing case information.
However, you should be able to search for a case number using the Petitioner’s name or Respondent’s name.
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