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Probate and Family Court forms for actions involving unmarried parents

Find the complaint to establish paternity and the complaint for support, custody, or parenting time.

If the parents are not married, a parent can request to establish paternity or request custody, support, and/or parenting time of their child(ren).

For custody modification forms, please see Probate and Family Court forms for modifications.

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Complaint to Establish Paternity

Complaint to establish paternity (CJD 106)  

Use to ask Court to establish that an individual is the parent of a child where the parents have never married. Parties may also request custody, support, and/or parenting orders. Form number CJD-106, revised 5/10/17. Form also available in Portuguese and Spanish. Click the link above to access the translations.

Complaint for Custody, Support, Parenting Time

Complaint for Custody-Support-Parenting Time (CJD 109) (English, PDF 1.99 MB)

Use to request custody and/or parenting time with child(ren); health insurance; prohibition from imposing any restraint on the personal liberty of plaintiff and/or child(ren). Form only used for children of unwed parents. Also available in Portuguese. Form number CJD-109, revised July 2015.

Instructions for the Complaint for custody-support-parenting time form 

Additional documents you may need

Standards for printing computer generated forms (Practice XXXIII Standards) (English, PDF 43.71 KB)

This Uniform Practice governs the use of computer-generated forms by counsel and parties.

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