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[Music] normally a family judge will group his or her cases by time estimates family law judges usually sort their daily caseload based on the filing time estimates average cases with average issues are given 20 minutes cases with complex issues are given 40 minutes cases with complex issues and live testimony are specially calendared by the judge anywhere from one hour up to several days these types of complex cases are often specially set for hearing special set means the cases specifically calendared on the judges calendar in most family law courts 20 minute matters will be heard first and on the a.m. morning calendar 40 minute matters will usually be heard in the PM calendar if the case is complex and has live testimony the family law judge will calendar the case for a specific date and time when the court has larger blocks of time family courts service screening form the second most common mistake is not filling out a family court service screening form if custody and visitation are at issue each family court services program in every county in California operates slightly differently however most counties use a confidential family court services screening form to identify any key issues that would heavily impact the FCS counseling session such as domestic violence need for a foreign language translator or one-party living outside the county and requiring a telephonic FCS session or last a non-parent third party requesting custody and visitation rights such as grandparents domestic violence creates special circumstances normally the FCS screening form will ask the fouling follow-up questions regarding domestic violence do you or the other party allege domestic violence - is there a domestic violence restraining order in effect if domestic violence is involved the FCS mediator will meet with each parent separately and the alleged victim is allowed to bring a support person takeaways the two most common mistakes when filing a request for order hearing are as follows one not putting a time estimate on the rfo form and two not filling out the FCS screening form when custody and visitation are involved so make sure you put a time estimate on the front of the request for order hearing form under the case number located on the top right side and to make sure you fill out your FCS screening form when you file for a request involving custody and visitation was this video helpful for you please let us know by liking this video and if you have any questions or suggestions for topics leave us a comment we also offer a variety of resources such as attorney referrals on legal checklists over at our website utk divorce calm and last subscribe we provide new videos every week that you don't want to miss and your subscription shows us your support see you next time