Riverside Family Law Courthouse, 4175 Main Street: Hours, Entrance, Parking, Departments, Drop Box

The court describes the building as “a five-story building that houses six courtrooms,” and says the main entrance is on the north or rear of the building facing Market Street¹. The court’s page states that entrances are not available on Main Street¹.

Visitors pass through security screening with a metal detector¹. The clerk’s office is on the first floor and uses a ticketing system, and a second-floor clerk’s office also exists¹. The page does not say which office handles which kind of paper, so the ticket desk or the phone line is the way to find out.

For accommodations such as a sign language interpreter or captioning, the court’s page says to use Judicial Council form MC-410 at least five court days before the hearing¹. The Judicial Council’s request-for-order form (FL-300), in the court’s ex parte packet, states a slightly different lead time (“at least five days before the proceeding”)⁴; the court’s own page is the more specific of the two.

Parking is metered on city streets. The court lists parking structures at 3535 12th Street, 4090 Lemon Street and 3964 Orange Street, plus city lots¹. The Park Riverside app gives 30 minutes free at on-street meters and 60 minutes free in off-street lots, and placard holders park free in any space¹.

Three different times apply, and they are easy to confuse.

The court’s wording on the drop box: “Documents deposited in a drop box after 4:00 p.m. will be processed the next court day”¹. It cites California Rules of Court, rule 2.210 for that rule¹. Documents can also be sent through the court’s online portal, eSubmit, which is described in eSubmit and remote hearings in Riverside family law⁶.

The assignment sheet is dated “Updated 9/15/26”². Judges rotate, so this page does not name them; the sheet lists the current assignments.

Case numbers that belong to this courthouse

The court’s reference guide, revised July 7, 2024, lists these prefixes as heard at the Riverside Family Law Courthouse⁷:

Sources disagree The reference guide lists the prefix FAM twice: under the Riverside Family Law Courthouse and under the Larson Justice Center in Indio⁷. The guide does not say how to tell the two apart. The petitioner receives a notice of case assignment when the petition is filed⁸; the clerk’s office can say where a particular case number is pending.

Under the court’s administrative order effective July 8, 2024, the western region files at this courthouse: Banning, Beaumont, Cabazon, Calimesa, Corona, Mira Loma, Moreno Valley, Perris, Riverside and Whitewater³. A resident of Corona or Moreno Valley therefore files in Riverside even though both cities have their own courthouses, because neither of those buildings is a family law filing location³⁹. The full zip code lists are on the courthouse-by-zip-code page.

Three court buildings on Main Street have different numbers and different calendars²:

• 4175 Main Street: the Riverside Family Law Courthouse, this page.
• 4100 Main Street: the Hall of Justice. The assignment sheet lists Department 55 there for Department of Child Support Services child support, a DCSS Menifee calendar on Thursdays and case settlement conferences on Fridays, and Department 65 for mandatory settlement conference hearings².
• 4050 Main Street: the Historic Courthouse, listed for civil and probate departments².

The notice for a hearing names the building and department; check it against this list before leaving home. The settlement conference process is explained in the mandatory settlement conference article.

The Self-Help Information page lists public access computers in the lobby of the Riverside Family Law Courthouse, for case access, calendars and forms; the court says there is no fee to use the computers or any assistance provided by court staff⁹. The court adds that its staff “cannot provide legal advice,” but can explain procedures¹⁰. The Judicial Council’s Family Law Facilitator guide, dated November 2023, lists the Riverside facilitator and self-help contact at 4175 Main Street, phone 951-274-4499⁵. What Self Help Legal Services can and cannot do is covered in the self-help center article.