Request for Child Abduction Prevention Orders
Mendocino Superior Court · Form Packets
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Last updated July 3, 2026
The FL-312 form is used to ask a court to issue an order that prevents one parent or guardian from taking a child out of California or hiding the child to prevent the other parent from seeing them. A parent or guardian who is worried that the other parent might illegally take their child away would need to file this form to get court protection.
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