Fees AND Forms Information

Forms and Filing

Court forms and a list of court forms may be obtained free of charge:

• Online. View, complete, and print court forms:
  • All State and Locally adopted Probate forms the bottom of this page, or
  • Superior Court Locally Adopted Probate forms only
  • State Judicial Council Forms for Probate matters only
• In person. The Probate clerk's office is located on the 7th floor, 341 The City Drive, Orange, CA, 92868.
• By mail. Send your written request, including a self-addressed, stamped return envelope with sufficient postage. List the form number or the exact title of the form in your request.

All forms must be legibly typewritten or printed before they are presented to the clerk for filing.

When filing your documents with the clerk of court, you will need to present an original and one copy of each form along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The original will remain with the court and the copy will be conformed and returned to you.

Filing Fee

Click here for filing fees.

If You Cannot Afford to Pay Court Fees

Requesting That Fees Be Waived

If you are getting public benefits, are a low-income person, or do not have enough income to pay for your household’s basic needs and your court fees, you may ask the court to waive all or part of your court fees. To ask for a fee waiver:

1. Carefully read the Information Sheet on Waiver of Superior Court Fees and Costs (form FW-001-INFO) to determine if you qualify
2. Fill out the Request to Waive Court Fees (form FW-001)
3. Fill out sections 1, 2, and 3, of Order on Court Fee Waiver (FW-003)
4. Turn in these forms to the clerk along with the other documents you are filing (example: complaint, petition, answer, etc.)

You may be ordered to go to court to answer questions about your ability to pay court fees and costs and to provide proof of eiligibility.

Granting or Denial of Fee Waiver Request

You will receive an Order on Court Fees Waiver (form FW-003) telling you if your request was granted (approved) or denied. The Order will explain how to proceed. Act quickly - you only have 10 days from the date the Order is mailed to you to comply with the order or exercise your options if your request was denied.

Paying Back Filing Fees

Even if your fees are waived at first, you may have to pay them back later:

• If your finances improve you must tell the court within five days. Fill out the Notice to Court of Improved Financial Situation or Settlement (form FW-010) and file it with the court. You may be ordered to repay any amounts that were waived.
• If you receive a judgment or support order in a family law matter you may be ordered to pay all or part of your waived fees and costs if the court determines that you can afford to pay. You can ask the court for a hearing if the court makes such a decision.
• If you win your case in most circumstances the other side will be ordered to pay your waived fees and costs to the court. The court will not enter a satisfaction of judgment until the court is paid.
• If you settle your civil case for $10,000.00 or more any waived fees and costs must first be paid to the court out of the settlement. The court will have a lien on the settlement and may refuse to dismiss the case until the lien is satisfied. A request to dismiss the case must reflect that the waived fees and costs have been paid.

The court can collect fees and costs due to the court. If waived fees and costs are ordered paid to the trial court, the court can start collection proceedings.

Refund of Fees

For more information on how to request a refund of graduated filing fees click here.

Probate Forms List

Local Forms on the list below are indicated with the letter L before the Form #

Some Forms are available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

The court may accept documents only in English.

Form #	Form Title
L-1140	* Packet - Adoption
L-80	* Packet - Fee Waiver
L-641	* Packet - Guardianship
L-984	* Packet - LPS Conservator Reappointment
L-720	* Packet - Media Request
L-126	* Packet - Minors Compromise
L-51	* Packet - Name Change
L-316	* Packet - Publication of Notice of Hearing Packet
NC-400	* Packet - Safe at Home Name Change Packet
L-642	* Packet - Temporary Guardianship
EJ-001	Abstract of Judgment
GC-400(AP) / GC-405(AP)	Additional Property Received During Period of Account—Standard and Simplified Accounts
L-1116	Newspapers of General Circulation (Adjudicated)
ADOPT-210	Adoption Agreement
ADOPT-230	Adoption Expenses
ADOPT-220	Adoption of Indian Child
ADOPT-215	Adoption Order
ADOPT-200	Adoption Request
L-2527	Affidavit of Identity and Order
DE-305	Affidavit Re Real Property of Small Value ($50,000 or less)
DE-174	Allowance or Rejection of Creditor's Claim
ADOPT-320	Answer to Request to: Enforce Change End Contact After Adoption Agreement
APP-003	Appellant's Notice Designating Record on Appeal
AT-138	Application and Order for Appearance and Examination
CIV-010	Application and Order for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem (Civil)
L-254	Application and Order for Publication of Summons or Citation
FW-002	Application for Waiver of Additional Court Fees and Costs
FW-001	Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
GC-313	Attachment Requesting Special Orders re Dementia
GC-335A	Attachment to Form GC335 - Capacity Declaration - Conservatorship; Only for (Proposed) Conservatee with Dementia
ICWA-030(A)	Attachment to Notice of Child Custody Proceeding for Indian Child (Indian Child Welfare Act)
GC-341(MA)	Attachment to Notice of Conservatee's Rights
GC-042(MA)	Attachment to Notice of Filing of Inventory and Appraisal and How to Object to the Inventory or the Appraised Value of Property
DE-120(PA) GC-020(PA)	Attachment to Notice of Hearing - Proof of Personal Service
DE-121	Attachment to Notice of Petition to Administer Estate—Proof of Service by Mail
GC-080(MA)	Attachment to Post-Move Notice of Change of Residence of Conservatee or Ward
GC-079(MA)	Attachment to Pre-Move Notice of Proposed Change of Personal Residence of Conservatee or Ward
L-525	Bench Warrant
GC-335	Capacity Declaration-Conservatorship
GC-400(PH)(1)/ GC-405(PH)(1)	Cash Assets on Hand at Beginning of Account Period—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(E)(1) / GC-405(E)(1)	Cash Assets on Hand at End of Account Period—Standard and Simplified Accounts
L-849	Certificate of Due Diligence
GC-080	Change of Residence Notice
DE-122	Citation (Probate) and Proof of Service
GC-320	Citation for Conservatorship Fl-835
L-835	Civil Subpoena (Duces Tecum) for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things at Trial or Hearing and Declaration (Pre-issued)
SUBP-002	Civil Subpoena (Duces Tecum) for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things at Trial or Hearing and Declaration
L-1226	Civil Subpoena for Personal Appearance at Trial or Hearing (Pre-issued)
SUBP-001	Civil Subpoena for Personal Appearance at Trial or Hearing
GC-314	Confidential Conservator Screening Form
GC-212	Confidential Guardian Screening Form
GC-251	Confidential Guardianship Status Report
MC-120	Confidential Reference List of Identifiers
DE-147S	Confidential Statement of Birth Date and Drivers License Number (Supplement to Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative)
GC-312	Confidential Supplemental Information (Probate Conservatorship)
GC-211	Consent of Guardian Nomination and Waiver of Notice
ADOPT-310	Contact After Adoption Agreement
L-696	Copy Request
L-1149	Court Requirements for Publication of Notice of Hearing to Non-Petitioning Parent
L-2a2b	Court Requirements On Name Changes (Code of Civil Procedures Sections 1275-1279.5)
DE-172	Creditor's Claim
L-478	Declaration and Order Dispensing with Notice to Alleged Natural Father
L-15	Declaration and Order for Writ of Execution-Family Law/Probate
L-905	Declaration for the Removal of First Designated Probate Referee & Order Designating Probate Referee [Probate Code Sec. 8924 (a)(2)]
L-292	Declaration in Support of Motion re Disqualification of Judge (C.C.P. 170.6)
MC-310	Declaration of Emancipation of Minor after Hearing
NC-110G	Declaration of Guardian - Supplemental Attachment to Petition for Change of Name (Form NC-100)
L-1059	Declaration of Lost Writ
NC-210	Declaration of Physician - Attachment to Petition (Change of Name and Gender/Change of Gender)
GC-006	Declaration of Private Professional Conservator or Guardian—Continuing Education
GC-005	Declaration of Private Professional Conservator or Guardian—Qualifications
L-921	Declaration RE: Eligibility for Expedited Calendar
FL-105 GC120 Instructions	Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) ( Instructions )
FL-105 GC120	Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
MC-030	Declaration
NC-230	Decree Change Name and Gender
NC-130G	Decree Changing Name of Minor (by Guardian)
NC-130	Decree Changing Name
L-67	Decree Establishing Fact of Death (Sec. 1170 Probate Code)
L-1257	Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance (Pre-issued)
L-1259	Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things (Pre-issued)
SUBP-020	Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance and Production of Documents and Things
SUBP-015	Deposition Subpoena for Personal Appearance
L-1258	Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records (Pre-issued)
SUBP-010	Deposition Subpoena for Production of Business Records
GC-400(DIST) / GC-405(DIST)	Distributions to Conservatee or Ward—Standard and Simplified Accounts
DE-147	Duties and Liabilities of Personal Representative and Acknowledgment of Receipt
GC-348	Duties of Conservator and Acknowledgment of Receipt of Handbook
GC-248	Duties of Guardian and Acknowledgment of Receipt
MC-315	Emancipated Minor's Application to California Department of Motor Vehicles
MC-306	Emancipation of Minor - Income and Expense Declaration
MC-301	Emancipation Pamphlet
MC-350EX	Expedited Petition to Approve Compromise of Disputed Claim or Pending Action or Disposition of Proceeds of Judgment for Minor or Person with a Disability
L-317	Ex Parte Application For Order For Publication Of Notice Of Hearing To Non-petitioning Parent
DE-275 GC-075	Ex Parte Petition for Approval of Sale of Personal Property and Order
DE-270 GC-070	Ex Parte Petition for Authority to Sell Securities and Order
L-906	Ex Parte Petition for Designation of a Requested Probate Referee and Order Thereon (Probate Code Sec. 8921)
DE-295	Ex Parte Petition for Final Discharge and Order
L-903	Ex Parte Petition for Order Permitting Conservator to Liquidate Estate of Deceased Conservatee and Order Thereon (Probate Code Sec. 2631)
L-904	Ex Parte Petition for Order Permitting Guardian to Liquidate Estate of Deceased Ward and Order Thereon (Probate Code Sec. 2631)
L-754	Ex Parte Petition for Order Re-Transfer of Money Belonging to Minor & Order
L-890	Ex Parte Petition to Dispense with Accounts and Order Thereon
L-1114	Ex Parte Worksheet
MC-005	Facsimile Transmission Cover Sheet (Fax Filing)
L-80-COVER	Fee Waiver Cover Page
L-481	Findings and Order of Court
GC-205	Guardianship Pamphlet
GC-210(CA)	Guardianship Petition--Child Information Attachment
	Handbook for Conservators
ADOPT-050	How to Adopt a Child in California
FL-150	Income and Expense Declaration (Family Law)
ICWA-010(A)	Indian Child Inquiry Attachment
L-1018	Information - File Retention Timeframes
APP-001	Information on Appeal Procedures for Unlimited Cases
L-1172	Information Sheet - Legal Resources
L-1115	Information Sheet for Minors Compromise and for Compromise for Adult Incompetents
ICWA-005-INFO	Information Sheet on Indian Child Inquiry Attachment and Notice of Child Custody Proceeding for Indian Child
FW-001-INFO	Information Sheet on Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
FW-001-INST	Instructions - Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
FW-003-INST	Instructions - Order on Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
DE-161 GC-041	Inventory and Appraisement Attachment No.:
DE-160 GC-040	Inventory and Appraisement
L-1113	Joint Case Management Statement Trial Setting/Evaluation Conference
ADOPT-325	Judge's Order to Enforce Change End Contact after Adoption Agreement
GC-350	Letters of Conservatorship
GC-250	Letters of Guardianship
GC-150	Letters of Temporary Guardianship or Conservatorship
DE-150	Letters
L-984	LPS - Conservatorship Reappointment Instructions
L-LPS4	LPS - Declaration of Service
L-LPS2	LPS - Declaration Physician's or Qualified Licensed Psychologist's Conservatorship Re-evaluation
L-LPS3	LPS - Notice of Hearing on Petition for Reappointment of Conservator
L-LPS5	LPS - Order Reappointing Conservator
L-LPS1	LPS - Petition for Reappointment of Conservator
MC-500	Media Request to Photograph Record or Broadcast
L-124	Memorandum for Setting for Hearing
MC-012	Memorandum of Costs After Judgment Acknowledgment of Credit and Declaration of Accrued Interest
NC-110	Name and Information About the Person Whose Name is to be Changed - Attachment to Petition for Change of Name (NC-100 or NC-200)
GC-400(NI)	Net Income From a Trade or Business—Standard Account
GC-400(NL)	Net Loss From a Trade or Business—Standard Account
GC-400(PH)(2) / GC-405(PH)(2)	Non-Cash Assets on Hand at Beginning of Account Period—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(E)(2) / GC-405(E)(2)	Non-Cash Assets on Hand at End of Account Period —Standard and Simplified Accounts
APP-002	Notice of Appeal/Cross Appeal
MC-040	Notice of Change of Address and Telephone Number
ICWA-030	Notice of Child Custody Proceeding for Indian Child
GC-341	Notice of Conservatee's Rights
ICWA-040	Notice of Designation of Tribal Representative and Notice of Intervention in a Court Proceeding Involving an Indian Child
CIV-120	Notice of Entry of Dismissal and Proof of Service
GC-042	Notice of Filing of Inventory and Appraisal and How to Object to the Inventory or the Appraised Value of Property
DE-120	Notice of Hearing (Probate)
MC-305	Notice of Hearing - Emancipation of Minor
NC-320	Notice of Hearing on Petition for Change of Gender and Issuance of New Birth Certificate
L-480	Notice of Hearing Re Petition to Determine Parental Rights of Alleged Natural Father and to Determine Necessity of Consent (Family Code Sec. 7662)
L-937	Notice of Hearing to Non-Petitioning Parent
GC-020	Notice of Hearing
MC-051	Notice of Motion and Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel-Civil
ICWA-050	Notice of Petition and Petition to Transfer Case Involving an Indian Child to Tribal Jurisdiction
DE-121	Notice of Petition to Administer Estate
DE-165	Notice of Proposed Action Independent Administration of Estate Act
GC-050	Notice of Taking Possession or Control of an Asset of Minor or Conservatee
L-1146	Notice of Transfer of Estate Planning Documents
FW-005	Notice of Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
DE-157	Notice to Creditors
GC-045	Objections to Inventory and Appraisal of Conservator or Guardian
DE-351 / GC-101	Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem - Probate
GC-240	Order Appointing Guardian of Minor
GC-340	Order Appointing Probate Conservator
GC-140	Order Appointing Temporary Guardian or Conservator
MC-351	Order Approving Compromise of Claim
GC-385	Order Authorizing Conservator to Give Consent for Medical Treatment
DE-265 / GC-065	Order Confirming Sale of Real Property
L-42	Order Designating Probate Referee
DE-315	Order Determining Succession to Real Property (Estates of $150,000 or less)
GC-021	Order Dispensing with Notice
GC-090	Order Fixing Residence Outside the State of California
ADOPT-331	Order for Appointment of Confidential Intermediary
NC-330	Order for Change of Gender and Issuance of New Birth Certificate
DE-140	Order for Probate
L-0318	Order For Publication Of Notice Of Hearing To Non-petitioning Parent
MC-358	Order for Withdrawal of Funds from Blocked Account
L-0153	Order for Withdrawal of Funds
FW-004	Order on Application for Waiver of Additional Court Fees and Costs
FW-003	Order on Application for Waiver of Court Fees and Costs
MC-510	Order on Media Request to Permit Coverage
ICWA-060	Order on Petition to Transfer Case Involving an Indian Child to Tribal Jurisdiction
DE-200 GC-022	Order Prescribing Notice (Probate)
L-0738	Order Re Deposit of Minor's Funds (Probate Code 3412(a) & 3413 (a) (Probate Department - EX-PARTE)
GC-260	Order Terminating Guardianship
L-0880	Order to Deposit Money and Receipt of Depository (Minor)
L-0732	Order to Deposit Money and Receipt of Depository (Probate)
MC-355	Order to Deposit Money into Blocked Account
NC-220	Order to Show Cause for Change of Name and Gender
NC-120	Order to Show Cause for Change of Name
GC-400(OCH) / GC-405(OCH)	Other Charges—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(OCR) / GC-405(OCR)	Other Credits—Standard and Simplified Accounts
ADOPT-225	Parent of Indian Child Agrees to End Parental Rights
ICWA-020	Parental Notification of Indian Status
DE-350 GC-100	Petition and Order for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem under the Probate Code
GC-210	Petition for Appointment of Guardian of Minor
GC-210(P)	Petition for Appointment of Guardian of the Person
GC-310	Petition for Appointment of Probate Conservator
GC-110(P)	Petition for Appointment of Temporary Guardian of The Person
GC-110	Petition for Appointment of Temporary Guardian or Conservator
L-0069	Petition for Authority to Withdraw Funds Deposited Pursuant to Court Order
NC-300	Petition for Change of Gender and Issuance of New Birth Certificate
NC-100	Petition for Change of Name (NC110 also required)
NC-200	Petition for Change of Name and Gender
MC-300	Petition for Declaration of Emancipation of Minor
GC-380	Petition for Exclusive Authority to Give Consent for Medical Treatment
L-0735	Petition for Order Re: Deposit of Money Belonging to a Minor (Prob. Code 3410 et seq.)(Probate Department)
DE-111	Petition for Probate
GC-255	Petition for Termination of Guardianship
MC-357	Petition for Withdrawal of Funds from Blocked Account
MC-265	Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus - LPS Act
MC-270	Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus - Penal Commitment
MC-350	Petition to Approve Compromise of Claim
L-0479	Petition to Determine Parental Rights of Alleged Natural Father and to Determine Necessity of Consent (Family Code Sec. 7662)
DE-310	Petition to Determine Succession to Real Property (Estates of $150K or less)
GC-085	Petition to Fix Residence Outside the State of California
L-0930	Pleading Paper
GC-079	Pre-Move Notice of Proposed Change of Personal Residence of Conservatee or Ward
L-LPPCCMP	Private Professional Conservator's Care & Management Plan
L-0907	Probate Referee's Report of Status of Appraisal (Probate Code Sec. 8940)
DE-135	Proof of Holographic Instrument
DE-120(P)	Proof of Personal Service of Notice of Hearing - Decedent's Estate or Trust
GC-020(P)	Proof of Personal Service of Notice of Hearing - Guardianship or Conservatorship
L-0938	Proof of Service of Order to Show Cause of Non-Petitioning Parent (Code of Civil Procedure Section 1277)
NC-121	Proof of Service of Order to Show Cause
POS-010	Proof of Service of Summons
L-0255	Proof of Service
DE-131	Proof of Subscribing Witness
MC-356	Receipt and Acknowledgment of Order for the Deposit of Money into Blocked Account
DE-260 GC-060	Report of Sale and Petition for Order Confirming Sale of Real Property
L-1013	Request and Order to File New Litigation by Vexatious Litigant
MC-410	Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Order
ADOPT-330	Request for Appointment of Confidential Intermediary
CIV-110	Request for Dismissal
CIV-100	Request For Entry Of Default (Application to Enter Default)
L-1148	Request for Probate Notes by Mail
L-0006	Request For Record Search
L-1310	Request For Release Of Confidential Adoption Information And Order
DE-154 GC-035	Request for Special Notice
ADOPT-315	Request to: Enforce-Change-End Contact After Adoption Agreement
GC-400(A)(C)	Schedule A and C Receipts and Disbursements Worksheet—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(1)	Schedule A Receipts Dividends—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(2)	Schedule A Receipts Interest—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(6)	Schedule A Receipts Other Receipts—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(3)	Schedule A Receipts Pensions Annuities and Other Regular Periodic Payments—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(4)	Schedule A Receipts Rent—Standard Account
GC-400(A)(5)	Schedule A Receipts Social Security Veterans’ Benefits Other Public Benefits—Standard Account
GC-405(A)	Schedule A Receipts—Simplified Account
GC-400(B) / GC-405(B)	Schedule B Gains on Sales—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(C)(1)	Schedule C Disbursements Conservatee’s Caregiver Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(2)	Schedule C Disbursements Conservatee’s Residential or Long-Term Care Facility Living Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(4)	Schedule C Disbursements Fiduciary and Attorney Fees—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(5)	Schedule C Disbursements General Administration Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(6)	Schedule C Disbursements Investment Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(7)	Schedule C Disbursements Living Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(8)	Schedule C Disbursements Medical Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(11)	Schedule C Disbursements Other Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(9)	Schedule C Disbursements Property Sale Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(10)	Schedule C Disbursements Rental Property Expenses—Standard Account
GC-400(C)(3)	Schedule C Disbursements Ward’s Education Expenses—Standard Account
GC-405(C)	Schedule C Disbursements—Simplified Account
GC-400(D) / GC-405(D)	Schedule D Losses on Sales—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(F) / GC-405(F)	Schedule F Changes in Form of Assets—Standard and Simplified Accounts
GC-400(G) / GC-405(G)	Schedule G Liabilities at End of Account Period—Standard and Simplified Accounts
L-1112	Settlement Conference Statement
DE-226	Spousal Property Order (Probate)
DE-221	Spousal Property Petition
L-0200	Stipulation for Court Commissioner to Act as Temporary Judge for All Purposes
MC-050	Substitution of Attorney - Civil (Without Court Order)
GC-400(SUM) / GC-405(SUM)	Summary of Account—Standard and Simplified Accounts
DE-125	Summons (Citation Judicial)
L-0967	Verification (C.C.P. 446 & 2015.5)
DE-166	Waiver of Notice of Proposed Action (Probate Code section 10583)(Revocation of Waiver)
EJ-130	Writ of Execution