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Any Attorney or Party
Any Street
Any Town, CA 55555
714-555-5555
Any Attorney or Party
Superior Court of the State of California
For the County of _________________
Any Plaintiff,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Any Defendant, and DOES 1-5
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Case No.
NOTICE OF EX PARTE APPLICATION AND EX-
PARTE APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CIVIL
CONTEMPT AND REQUEST FOR ATTORNEY’S
FEES AND COSTS; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS
AND AUTHORITIES; DECLARATION OF
__________;
EXHIBITS
DATE:
TIME:
DEPT:
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this document.
TO _________________________________AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT on ___________ at ___M., or as soon thereafter as
the matter can be heard, in Dept. _____ of the above-entitled Court located at ______________,
_____________________, will and does move the Court by ex parte application for an Order to
Show Cause for Civil Contempt pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 1209 et seq. directed to
_________________ on the grounds that _________ willfully disobeyed an order of this Court dated
_________ in that LIST HERE THE SPECIFIC FACTS AND EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORT
YOUR CONTENTION THAT THE OTHER PARTY WILLFULLY DISOBEYED A COURT
ORDER AND BE SURE TO CITE TO ANY RELEVANT DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO
ANY DECLARATIONS, and order _______ to pay the total amount of $______ for reasonable
attorney’s fees and costs incurred with commencing this contempt proceeding.
This ex parte application will be based upon this notice, the attached memorandum of points
and authorities in support thereof, the files and records of this case, the declaration of __________
and Exhibits attached thereto, and such other and further oral and documentary evidence as may be
presented at the hearing.
Dated: ________________ __________________________________________
ANY ATTORNEY OR PARTY
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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
I.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
This case involves PROVIDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CASE INCLUDING
PARTIES AND CAUSES OF ACTION, ETC.
On ___________ the Court issued an order directed to _______________ ordering
_________ to LIST HERE THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE ORDER SUCH AS A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, ORDER TO PERFORM A SPECIFIC
ACTION,ETC. See the attached declaration of _______ at ¶ __ and Exhibit “1” attached thereto
concurrently filed and served herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
______ had knowledge of said order in that they were personally present in Court when the
order was made, or counsel for _________ was present in Court at the time that the order was made
and was served with a copy of the order. See the attached declaration of _______ at ¶ __ and Exhibit
“2” attached thereto concurrently filed and served herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
_______________ had the ability to comply with the order in that LIST HERE THE
SPECIFIC FACTS THAT SUPPORT YOUR CONTENTION. See the attached declaration of
_______ at ¶ __ and Exhibit “3” attached thereto concurrently filed and served herewith and
incorporated herein by reference.
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