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Court information
Do-it-Yourself Family Law Packets
Finishing Your Dissolution of Marriage by Default 3205EN - This packet was written to help you complete a dissolution (divorce) action that has been filed, but has no final orders signed by the Judge. It provides information about the law and some of the forms you will need to fill out. You may use this packet if your spouse agrees with what you are asking for or fails to respond in time. This packet will help you get final orders signed by the judge dissolving your marriage, dividing property and debts, changing your name (if desired), awarding maintenance (alimony) to one spouse, and entering a restraining order (if desired).
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing Your Petition for Parenting Plan (Custody) or Child Support When Parentage Has Been Establ 3606EN - This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need to finish a petition for residential/parenting plan and child support case. It will help you prepare the final orders in your case and present them to the judge. To use this packet, you must have already filed and served the other parties with the papers that start your petition for a parenting plan or child support, or you must already have responded to the petition.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing Your Petition to Establish Parentage 3625EN - This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers you will need to finish a parentage petition. Use this packet only if the petition in your case was filed on form number WPF PS 01.0100
By: Northwest Justice Project
How to Serve Papers on the State 3218EN - When you set or change child support, you must notify the State if you, the other parent, or the children receive public assistance. This packet contains the forms and instructions for serving your court papers on the state.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition for Dissolution (Divorce) 3203EN - This packet was written to help you respond to a Petition for Dissolution. It provides general information about the law and some of the forms you will need to fill out if you have been served with divorce papers.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Motion for Adjustment of Your Child Support Court Order 3223EN - You should use this packet if you have received papers that ask the court to adjust (change) your child support court order by motion in superior court. This packet will help you to file your own response to the motion for adjustment of support, to ask the court for what you want, and to prepare for your hearing.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition for Parenting Plan (Custody) or Child Support When Parentage Has Been Estab 3605EN - This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers you need to respond to a Petition for Parenting Plan/Residential Schedule or Child Support when you are not married to the other parent of your children and parentage has been established.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition for Establishment of Parentage (Paternity) 3621EN - This packet is intended to help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need to respond to a Petition for Establishment of Parentage on form number WPF PS 01.0100 (to find out the form number, look at the first page of the Petition in the bottom left-hand corner).
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to Motions for Temporary or Emergency Orders for Dissolution Cases and for Custody/Pare 3222EN - This packet contains the forms and instructions you will need to fill out if you have received papers that ask for a court to award temporary or emergency orders in a dissolution (divorce) or custody modification matter. This packet will help you respond to the request for temporary or emergency orders by the other party. If you got papers from a party filing for dissolution, paternity, custody modification, or nonparental (third party) custody, we have separate response packets which you will need in addition to responding to the motion for temporary orders.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Service by Certified Mail or Publication 3220EN - This packet applies when you are the petitioner and you must serve the opposing party with the petition and other documents in your case when your case first begins. When you have tried to serve the other party in person but cannot, you can ask the court to allow you to serve by certified mail or publication.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Nonparental Custody Case 3112EN - You may use this packet to file a case in superior court to ask for custody of a child when you are not the child's parent.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Finishing Your Nonparental Custody Case 3114EN - This packet contains information and forms to finish a nonparental custody case. Most of the instructions are written from the petitioner’s point of view because the petitioner typically prepares the final court papers if s/he is receiving custody of the child/ren, or if s/he chooses to drop the case. However, the general information about how to finish a case can be useful to both parties. In addition, a respondent might use some of the forms in this packet if s/he wins at trial or if the case is dismissed before trial.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Residential Schedules and Child Support for Nonparental Custody Cases 3116EN - Petitioners and Respondents in a nonparental custody action may use this packet if they need to fill out Child Support Worksheets, Financial Declarations, Sealed Financial Records Cover Sheet to go with private financial records, Child Support Orders, and Proposed Temporary and/or Final Residential Schedules.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Responding to a Petition for Nonparental Custody 3113EN - This packet is intended to help you respond if you were served with a petition for nonparental custody. A petition for nonparental custody asks a court to give the petitioner permanent legal custody of the child/ren named in the petition.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Filing a Motion for Waiver of Your Filing Fee 3204EN - This packet includes the instructions and forms needed to ask the court to waive (not ask for) the filing fee required to file court papers in a civil case because you can't afford to pay the fee.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Affidavit of Service - Subpoena Court form affirming a person has been served with a subpeona.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counter-Claims Court form to be used with our packed titled How to Answer a Lawsuit for Debt Collection .
By: Northwest Justice Project
Answer, Affirmative Defenses, SetOffs This form is used to answer an unlawful detainer action. See our resource titled Eviction and Your Defense.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Certificate of Service General Certificate of Service form that can be used in most civil, non-family law actions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Certificate of Service Court form.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Certification and Certificate of Service Form Form to be used with the packet titled Eviction and Your Defense.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Declaration Form - Family Law
(Separate Website)
Family Law Decarlation court form that can be used in all family law cases.
By: Administrative Office Of The Courts
Declaration Form - General Civil Declaration for general civil court cases. This form is not for family law cases.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Declaration of Defendant Regarding Income and Assets Exempt from Garnishment Form to be used with packet titled "How to Answer a Lawsuit for Debt Collection".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Declaration of Personal Service Form to be used with our publication titled "How to Petition for Superior Court Review".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Declaration of Service Form to be used in conjunction with our resource titled Criminal History/Records: A Guide on When and How to Seal/Vacate Class B or C Felony Convictions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Domestic Violence Forms and Instructions
(Separate Website)
This web site contains the necessary forms and instructions for obtaining a protection order.
By: Administrative Office of the Courts
Letter to Washington State Patrol Form to be used in conjunction with our resource titled Criminal History/Records: A Guide on When and How to Seal/Vacate Class B or C Felony Convictions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Motion and Declaration for Issuance of Subpoena Court Form
By: Northwest Justice Project
Motion and Declaration to Vacate Judgment and To Stay Enforcement of a Writ of Restitution Court form.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Motion to Vacate Judgment/Order [CR 60] 9936EN - A Motion to Vacate is a request to the court to withdraw a previous order or judgment it entered. It has to be based on one of the specific reasons set forth in Civil Rule 60. A Motion to Vacate may be filed in Superior Court or in a court of limited jurisdiction such as district court.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Notice of Appearance and Certificate of Service Form to be used with the packet titled Eviction and Your Defense
By: Northwest Justice Project
Notice of Appearance - General Civil Court form for non family law civil action.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Other Formats:
Word File
Notice of Hearing Re: Motion for Order to Vacate and Seal Criminal Conviction Record... Form to be used in conjunction with our resource titled Criminal History/Records: A Guide on When and How to Seal/Vacate Class B or C Felony Convictions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Order for Issuance of Subpoena Court Form
By: Northwest Justice Project
Order to Show Cause and to Stay Enforcement of a Writ of Restitution Court form.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Order to Vacate and Seal Criminal Conviction Record... Form to be used in conjunction with our resource titled Criminal History/Records: A Guide on When and How to Seal/Vacate Class B or C Felony Convictions.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Petition for Review - Denial of Unemployment Benefits to Superior Court Form to be used with our resource titled "How to Appeal a Denial of Unemployment Benefits to Superior Court" Includes King County specific cover sheets.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Petition for Review of Administrative Order Form to be used with our publication titled "How to Petition for Superior Court Review".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Subpoena Court Form
By: Northwest Justice Project
Subpoena Duces Tecum Court Form
By: Northwest Justice Project
Affidavit - For Distribution of Decedent's Property Form for use with the publication titled "How to Claim the Personal Property of Someone Who Had Died".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Form to Claim Property on Behalf of Another Form for use with publication "How to Claim the Personal Property of Someone Who Has Died".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Notice to Other Successors Form for use with publication titled "How to Claim the Personal Property of Someone Who Has Died".
By: Northwest Justice Project
Sexual Assault Protection Order Forms and Instructions
(Separate Website)
Formatting Court Documents
(Separate Website)
Explains court rules about margins, stapling and other formatting of documents that you file with the court and what may happen if you don't follow these rules.
By: Legal Voice
Washington State Court Forms
(Separate Website)
Here you can access divorce, child support, paternity and other state mandatory forms.
Most of the forms found on this website are in Word 6.0 or a PDF format.
By: Administrative Office Of The Courts
Family Law Forms in Spanish
(Separate Website)
The King County Superior Court has the following forms and instructions available in Spanish at its website at www.metrokc.gov/kscc/famlaw/spanish.htm. The same forms are also available in English at www.metrokc.gov/kscc/forms and at www.courts.wa.gov/forms, the Washington Courts website. You can find additional forms and instructions available in Spanish and in English at this website: www.washingtonlawhelp.org.
By: King County Superior Court
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Filing a Motion for a Parenting Plan (Custody) or Residential Schedule When Parentage Has Been Established in the Past 2 Years 3610EN - This packet will help you fill out and file the forms and papers that you need if: the parentage (paternity) of your child has already been established by court order in the past two years; you want to ask a Washington court for a residential schedule, parenting plan or child support court order; and your proposed parenting plan/residential schedule does not change who the child lives with most of the time.
By: Northwest Justice Project
How to Subpoena Witnesses and Documents
If you are going to an evidentiary hearing or trial and need to make sure that a witness shows up, or that someone brings documents or other items, you can have the person served with a subpoena issued by the court clerk. This publication tells you how to do this.
By: Northwest Justice Project
Other Formats:
PDF File
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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