As of May 26th, 2020, the San Diego Superior Court began accepting e-Filings for Family Law matters. Attorneys and the public can now e-file documents with the Court without physically coming into the courthouse, except for the following.
Family Law E-Filing Exception List
- Application and Order for Publication/Posting
- Domestic Violence Paperwork (Initial and Subsequent Filings)
- Earnings Assignment Orders/ Income Withholding Orders
- Ex Parte Related Filings
- Findings and Orders After Hearing
- Judgments
- Mandatory Settlement Conference Briefs
- Non-Imaged Family Law Cases (Legacy Cases)
- Notice of Appeal and any Supporting Appeal Paperwork
- Notice of Lodgments with Accompanying Exhibits
- Peremptory Challenges
- Proposed Orders
- QDRO’s
- Recorded Abstracts
- Recusals
- Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Response
- Request for Dismissal
- Request for Payment of Trust Funds
- Request to Appear Telephonically
- Request to Continue Hearing
- Request to Enter Default
- Request to File New Litigation by Vexatious Litigant
- Returned Writs
- Statement of Disqualification
- Stipulations and Orders
- Subpoenaed Documents
- Surrogacy Filings
- Trial Exhibits
- Writs/Abstracts
To file any of the documents listed above please send via mail or drop off at the appropriate court location.