Children and families forms
Adoption and name change
An adoption is the act by which a person takes a child of another into their family, making the child, for all legal purposes, their own child.
Name change is the legal process of changing your name by going through a court name change proceeding.
Child support guidelines
Child support is money paid from one person to another to help with a child(ren)’s financial needs. This page includes forms related to child support guidelines, including child support guidelines worksheets and long and short financial statements.
Divorce and separate support
Divorce is the legal process you follow to end your marriage. This page includes forms related to divorce, including complaint forms, joint petition forms, answer and counterclaim forms, and more.
Domestic relations
Domestic relations cases are cases that involve family issues. This page includes forms related to annulment, correction of birth records, grandparent visitation, and marriage without delay.
Parentage of children, child support, custody, and parenting time
These forms can be used to request to establish parentage or request custody, support, and/or parenting time.
Guardianship, conservatorship, and health care proxy forms
Guardianship and conservatorship
A guardian is someone who has received permission through a legal process to take care of and make decisions for a child or incapacitated adult.
A conservator is a person who the court appoints to manage the estate of a protected person.
Health care proxy
A health care proxy is a legal document signed by one person. It gives another person authority to make decisions related to their healthcare if the person signing is no longer able to make their own decisions.
Probate forms
Wills, estates, and trusts
Probate is the process of transferring property and ownership after someone has died.
A will is the document where someone states their final requests and wishes.
A trust is the right to real or personal property which one party (the trustee) holds for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).
Restraining order forms
Restraining orders/abuse prevention orders
The abuse prevention law (Chapter 209A) is there to protect you against someone who is abusing you. The abuse prevention law allows you to seek a court order. It is sometimes called a 209A order, an abuse prevention order, a restraining order, or a protective order.
Additional filings forms
Contempt actions
This page includes the complaint for contempt court form, which is used when a party seeks to enforce a court order or judgment.
Modifications
Use forms on this page to request to modify judgements related to child support, custody, parenting time, or alimony.
A modification is a request to change a previous judgment if circumstances have changed and only one party agrees to make changes. A joint modification is a request to change a previous order or judgement when all parties agree.
Miscellaneous
Various forms that may be required or may be used in more than one Probate and Family Court case type.