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Form FL-120: Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)

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Quick answer

Form FL-120 is the Response—Marriage/Domestic Partnership adopted for mandatory use by the Judicial Council of California. It is how the served spouse or domestic partner answers the petition within 30 calendar days: it states your position on the legal grounds and sets out the orders you want the court to make on custody, parenting time, child support, spousal support, separate property and community property. With JustFill you upload the blank FL-120 PDF, the AI auto-detects every field and checkbox, and you download the completed response free.

Form
FL-120
Issued by
Judicial Council of California
Country
United States
Cost to fill
Free

What is FL-120?

Served with a California divorce petition? FL-120 is your answer, and JustFill turns the official three-page Judicial Council PDF into a fillable form in your browser. It rests on Family Code section 2020. The structure deliberately mirrors FL-100 — legal relationship, residence, statistical facts, minor children — so the court can read the two side by side. Item 5 is where they diverge: you may contend the parties never legally married or registered a partnership, deny the grounds stated in the petition, or state your own request. Items 6 to 11 are your requests, in the same order as the petition. The original response must be filed with proof that a copy was served on the petitioner.

Who fills out FL-120?

  • A spouse or domestic partner served with a petition (form FL-100)
  • A respondent who disagrees with the grounds or the orders requested
  • A respondent who agrees the marriage should end but wants different orders
  • Self-represented respondents filing within the 30-day window
  • Anyone filing an amended response — the form has an AMENDED checkbox

Field-by-field breakdown

What each section of FL-120 asks for. JustFill’s AI will detect these fields automatically when you upload the PDF — review the breakdown below so you know what to enter.

Items 1–4 — mirror of the petition

Legal relationship, residence requirements, statistical facts (dates of marriage or registration and separation, and the elapsed time), and minor children. Deliberately the same structure as FL-100 so the court can compare answers.

Item 5 — legal grounds

Three distinct positions: that the parties never legally married or registered a partnership; that you deny the grounds set out in item 5 of the petition; or your own request for divorce, legal separation or nullity, with the same grounds available as on the petition.

Item 6 — custody and parenting time

Legal custody, physical custody and visitation, each to petitioner, respondent, joint or other, with detail on FL-311, FL-312, FL-341(C), FL-341(D), FL-341(E) or an attachment.

Items 7–8 — support

Child support, and spousal or partner support: payable to, terminated, or reserved for future determination. The form notes that overdue support carries interest at the legal rate, currently 10 percent.

Items 9–10 — property

Separate property to be confirmed and community and quasi-community property to be divided, listed on the form or on a Property Declaration (form FL-160).

Item 11 — other requests

Attorney fees and costs, restoration of the respondent’s former name, and anything else, with room on Attachment 11c.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • 1Missing the 30 calendar days. The summons gives 30 days from service, not from when you read it.
  • 2Filing the response without serving a copy on the petitioner. The form states the original must be filed with proof of service.
  • 3Leaving item 5 blank. Silence is not a denial — the form gives you three explicit positions to choose from.
  • 4Copying the petitioner’s dates without checking them. Items 3a and 3b are your statement of the same facts and the court reads any difference.
  • 5Requesting nothing under items 6–11 because you agree with the divorce itself. Agreeing to end the marriage is separate from agreeing to the orders.
  • 6Forgetting the UCCJEA declaration (form FL-105) when there are minor children.

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Related forms

Judicial Council of California

FL-100

Form FL-100: Petition—Marriage/Domestic Partnership (Family Law)

Judicial Council of California

FL-110

Form FL-110: Summons (Family Law)

Judicial Council of California

FL-150

Form FL-150: Income and Expense Declaration

Judicial Council of California

FW-001

Form FW-001: Request to Waive Court Fees

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Frequently asked questions

30 calendar days after the summons and petition are served on you, per the notice on form FL-110.
The petitioner may request that your default be entered (form FL-165) and ask the court to grant the orders requested in the petition.
Yes. Item 5 covers the grounds; items 6 to 11 are where you set out the orders you want, independently.
Yes. The form states the original must be filed with proof of service of a copy on the petitioner.
A first-appearance fee normally applies. If you cannot afford it, request a waiver on form FW-001.

Official source: FL-120 on Judicial Council of California’s website

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