Rules of Court
Notice of New Family Rules of Court
Significant changes to family law rules of court take effective on January 1, 2013. Click here to review the report, new table of contents and family rules of court.
California Rules of Court | |
| Title One. Rules Applicable to All Courts (Rules 1.1 - 1.200) | HTML | PDF(105 KB) |
| Title Two. Trial Court Rules (Rules 2.1 - 2.1100) | HTML | PDF(538 KB) |
| Title Three. Civil Rules (Rules 3.1 - 3.2120) | HTML | PDF(1047 KB) |
| Title Four. Criminal Rules (Rules 4.1 - 4.700) | HTML | PDF(389 KB) |
| Title Five. Family and Juvenile Rules (Rules 5.1 - 5.830) | HTML | PDF(2006 KB) |
| Title Six. [Reserved] | PDF (84 KB) |
| Title Seven. Probate Rules (Rules 7.1 - 7.1101) | HTML | PDF(375 KB) |
| Title Eight. Appellate Rules (Rules 8.1 - 8.1125) | HTML | PDF(1706 KB) |
| Title Nine. Rules on Law Practice, Attorneys, and Judges (Rules 9.1 - 9.61) | HTML | PDF(267 KB) |
| Title Ten. Judicial Administration Rules (Rules 10.1 - 10.1030) | HTML | PDF(1118 KB) |
| Standards of Judicial Administration (Standards 2.1 - 10.80) | HTML | PDF(395 KB) |
| Ethics Standards for Neutral Arbitrators in Contractual Arbitration | PDF (101 KB) |
| Appendix A: Judicial Council Legal Forms List | PDF (440 KB) |
| Appendix B: Liability Limits of a Parent or Guardian Having Custody and Control of a Minor for the Torts of a Minor | PDF (14 KB) |
| Appendix C: Guidelines for the Operation of Family Law Information Centers and Family Law Facilitator Offices | PDF (27 KB) |
| Appendix D: Judicial Council Governance Policies | PDF (119 KB) |
| Alternative Format: Complete California Rules of Court in PDF format, compressed into a single .ZIP file. | ZIP of PDF Files (updated: 1/1/2012, 7.46 MB) |
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