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TOOLS TO HELP YOU IN FAMILY COURT
- Understanding Different Parts of Family Court
- Finalizing Your Case (with or without an attorney
- Resources to help while in Family Court
UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT PARTS OF FAMILY COURT CASES
- Minor Guardianship - Answers to different questions regarding Minor Guardianships per RCW 11.130. As of January 1, 2021, Minor Guardianships replaced non-parent custody petitions, and if you want to modify or terminate an existing a NPC, you need to file it as a minor guardianship, type 4, case.
- Adequate Cause - This an overview of the requirements for adequate cause which is necessary when a Change to Parenting Plan (Modification of Custody) is filed
- Relocation - Read an overview of the requirements for relocation notice and how to object to a relocation.
- Modification of Child Support - This is an overview of how to request a modification of child support.
- Noncompliance Order and Hearings - How to respond to a noncompliance order and links to documents and other sites to answer your questions.
- Parenting Seminars - Here are details regarding the approved Impact on Children Seminar required for dissolutions, modifications of custody and establishment of residential schedules filed in Pierce County.
FINALIZING YOUR CASE
(with or without an attorney)
(with or without an attorney)
- Uncontested Dissolutions - Find out how you can finalize your dissolution without a trial.
- Documents Required to Finalize Your Case - A list of the documents required to finalize the cases that are in Family Court.
- What You Need for a Family Law Trial - Read trial information for family law cases.
- Trial Overview - Learn about going to trial without an attorney.
RESOURCES TO HELP WHILE IN FAMILY COURT
- Ex Parte Policy - Pierce County's Ex Parte Policy, explaining when, where, what and how.
- Parties Contact Information for GAL - Contact Information Sheet to complete when GAL is authorized. Information will be forwarded by the Court to the appointed GAL to help the process continue in a timely manner.
- Neighborhood Legal and Family Law Clinics - This is a local listing of available clinics and is provided by Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services.
- Activity Book - Here is an activity book for children going to court.
- Reuniting Your Family: You Can Make It Happen - This is a video by Pierce County Juvenile Court.
- Top Ten Ways to Protect Your Kids During your Break Up - This is a helpful book written by Dr. Joan Kelly.
- Harmful Effects of Parental Abduction - Important Information Pamphlet provided by Washington Administrative Office of the Courts.