These resources contain information about the procedures and forms for getting and changing a child custody order in California.

• Practice Under the California Family Code: Dissolution, Legal Separation, Nullity (CEB), Main Reading Room (RR KFC126 .P73) or electronically on the law library computers using CEB OnLaw. See Chapter 7 “Child Custody and Visitation” 
• California Child Custody Litigation and Practice (CEB), Main Reading Room (RR KFC130 .C344 2006) or electronically on the law library computers using CEB OnLaw. 
• California Family Law Practice and Procedure (Lexis Advance), Main Reading Room (RR KFC115 .C342 1994) or electronically on the law library computers using Lexis Advance. See Chapter 33 “Custody and Visitation Orders” and Chapter 35 “Modification of Custody Orders and Change of Child's Residence.”

To find information online about the child custody and visitation process, start at the “Custody & Parenting Time” section of the California Courts Online Self-Help Center, click here. To get or change a court order for child custody, you can find the forms online at the California Courts website, click here. The family law facilitator or self-help center in your court may be able to help you with filling out your forms. For more information on the services of the Family Law Facilitators, click here. For hours and locations of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Family Law Facilitator Offices, click here.  For hours and locations of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Self-Help Centers, click here.