Spousal Support in Ventura County, California

If you want spousal support in Ventura County, you ask for it in the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura. You file a Request for Order, Form FL-300, at the Hall of Justice courthouse on South Victoria Avenue in the city of Ventura. Ventura County uses a local guideline formula for temporary support. Knowing how the court gets that number can help you understand what may happen while a divorce or legal separation case is pending.

Temporary spousal or partner support means support paid while the case is still open. Ventura County uses the Santa Clara Support Schedule under Local Rule 9.15 of the court's local rules. The amount from that schedule is rebuttably presumed correct. This means the court usually uses it unless a party gives evidence that another amount fits the case better. The court's FAQ page says Ventura County uses a program called XSpouse for this calculation. A local court form, VN-115, is called a Declaration in Support of Dissomaster Calculations. Because of that, both program names appear in local practice.

Long-term spousal support is different. This is support a judge may order in a final judgment. There is no fixed schedule for it. Judges statewide, including in Ventura County, weigh the factors in Family Code section 4320. These include the length of the marriage, each spouse's earning capacity, age and health, and the standard of living during the marriage.

Requests for temporary spousal support are heard on the Request for Order calendar. That calendar is assigned to Courtrooms 31, 32, 33, and 35 at the Hall of Justice. Every support request also needs a completed Income and Expense Declaration, Form FL-150. The county's Family Law Self-Help Center can help self-represented parties understand that form before a hearing.

Where spousal support cases are heard in Ventura County

Spousal support matters in Ventura County are handled by the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, with the county seat in Ventura. Because courthouse locations, hours, and local procedures change over time, use the official California Courts court finder to confirm current details for your case:

Find the Ventura County Superior Court (official California Courts finder)

How spousal support works in California

California distinguishes between temporary spousal support, ordered while a case is pending, and long-term spousal support, ordered at judgment. For temporary support, many counties, including some large ones, have adopted a local guideline formula (commonly run through software like DissoMaster or XSpouse) that produces a presumptive number; other counties leave temporary support to the judge's discretion without a local formula.

Long-term spousal support, by contrast, has no formula anywhere in California. A judge weighs the factors in Family Code section 4320, including each spouse's earning capacity, the marital standard of living, the length of the marriage, and the supported spouse's ability to become self-supporting. Spousal support is requested with a Request for Order (Form FL-300) and an Income and Expense Declaration (Form FL-150), inside a divorce or legal separation case.

Local notes for Ventura County

The Family Law Self-Help Center has two locations in the county. One is at the Hall of Justice in Ventura, third floor, Room 30. The second is at the Juvenile and Probate Courthouse in Oxnard (El Rio), Room 206. Appointments for either location, in person or by Zoom, are scheduled online through the court's Calendly booking page. Staff can explain what documents a spousal support request needs. They can also check paperwork for completeness before it goes to the clerk. They do not calculate a party's support figure or give legal advice.

Ventura County does not yet have standard e-filing for family law cases. Family law documents, including a Request for Order seeking spousal support, go through the court's separate eDelivery portal. They do not go through the e-filing service providers used for civil and probate matters. Submissions through eDelivery are not automatically filed. A clerk still must process them into the court's case management system. This can add a short delay compared with counties that have full family law e-filing.

Ventura County ties temporary spousal support to a specific local schedule. It does not leave that issue only to case-by-case judgment. Before filing, confirm with the Family Law Self-Help Center or the Family Law Clerk's Office which support software output the court expects with your paperwork. Local forms and the court's public FAQ do not use the same terms for it.

Official spousal support resources in Ventura County

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, Hall of Justice, Family Law Clerk's Office handles spousal-support filings, located at 800 South Victoria Avenue, Room 210, Ventura 93009. Phone: (805) 289-8610.

The filing fee is $435-$450. As of this writing, standard e-filing is not yet available for family law cases in Ventura County. Family law documents are instead submitted through the court's eDelivery portal, and submissions are not officially filed until a clerk processes them into the case management system.

Family Law Self-Help Center (https://www.ventura.courts.ca.gov/self-help/family-law-self-help-center) can help with procedure and paperwork. Two locations: Ventura at 800 South Victoria Avenue, 3rd floor, Room 30, Ventura, CA 93009, and Oxnard at the Juvenile and Probate Courthouse, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Room 206, Oxnard (El Rio), CA 93036. Appointments (in person or by Zoom) are booked at calendly.com/vcscreservations. Staff can explain forms and review paperwork for completeness before filing. Local Rule 9.15 (Policies Affecting Support Computations (adopts the Santa Clara Support Schedule for temporary spousal or partner support)) applies; see https://ventura.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/ventura_county_rules_of_court.pdf.

• Ventura Superior Court: Family Law
• Family Law Self-Help Center
• Ventura County Rules of Court (Local Rule 9.15)
• Ventura Superior Court eDelivery
• Ventura Superior Court Local Forms

Local details reviewed August 2026. Offices and locations can change, so confirm with the official sites above before you file.

Ventura County Spousal Support FAQs