Election-Related Emergencies:

The court and clerk’s office are open on Election Day during normal court hours between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

Persons needing urgent after-hours election-related relief should first contact the Voters Hotline for their county’s Registrar of Voters. Contact information for
each county’s Registrar of Voters can be found here:  County Elections Offices: California Secretary of State

The Voter Bill of Rights is available on the Secretary of State’s webpage at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-bill-rights/.

General voter information can be found on the website of the Orange County Registrar of Voters, at https://ocvote.gov.

How to File or Respond - Step 3: Dissolution / Legal Separation / Nullity

Dissolution / Legal Separation / Nullity

Step 3 - Case has been filed with the court and Steps 1 and 2 have been completed.

At Step 2, I chose:
My spouse has not filed any papers and I served my papers more than 30 days ago.
We have a written agreement that settles everything. There is no written agreement.
At Step 2, I chose:
We have both filed papers in the case.
We have a written agreement that settles everything. We do not have a written agreement.

Complete the forms that you received and file them with the court. If you have a written agreement you will not need a court hearing to complete your divorce or legal separation, you can submit your final papers to the clerks office.

If case has not already been filed with the court

go back to Step 1.

If case has been filed and the required time has not passed,
go back to Step 2