Request to Change Court Order

  • You can be heard and get before a judge even when you are not a party and do not qualify for de facto status. Any parent, sibling, or other person having an interest in a child who is a dependent child of the juvenile court may file. Filing a Request to Change Court Order under Welfare & Instutions code §388 is appropriate when:
    1. An immediate hearing is required
    2. Circumstances have changed or there is new evidence
    3. It is in the child’s best interests to modify a previous order
    4. You seek visits, placement, or contact with a dependent sibling in foster care, or on behalf of a child who has a sibling in foster care
      (See Welfare and Institutions Code §388 below)

  • In order to apply for a Request to Change Court Order, you must complete and file three forms, the JV 180 Request to Change Court Order, JV 183 Court Order on Form JV 180, Request to Change Court Order, and the JV 184 Order After Hearing on Form JV 180, Request to Change Court Order. If you wish to keep your address confidential, also fill out the JV 182 below.

Forms and Supporting Documentation

Use Form JV-287 to keep contact information confidential.
JV-287 may be used with JV-180.

Sample Cover Letter

  1. Sample Clerk Cover Letter



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