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Response to Request for Child Custody and Visitation Orders

California · Judicial Council of California · Effective January 1, 2023

This form is used to respond to a request for child custody and visitation orders in a domestic violence prevention case. It asks the person filling it out to agree or disagree with specific requests made by another person in the case, and to suggest alternative orders if they disagree.

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Where this fits in a case

Respond

Stage: Respond

This form is used when a person has already filed a request for child custody and visitation orders, and the person filling out DV-125 is responding to those requests.

Either party may file.

Official instructions

How-to guides published by the court for this form.

Common questions

What is this form for?
This form is a response to a request for child custody and visitation orders in a domestic violence prevention case.
Do I have to fill out all the sections?
The form asks the person filling it out to look at form DV-105 to answer the questions.
Does filling this out mean I agree with everything?
The form allows you to state if you disagree with a request and to describe a different order you would agree to.

Revision history

No changes recorded since we started tracking this form on October 9, 2026. The current version took effect January 1, 2023.

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