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.