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Petitions MUST be signed in the presence of a Notary Public or a Family Court Clerk. Once your petition is completed and your signature notarized, you can either mail it to Family Court or submit it in person during our stated business hours. Paternity Petitions must be submitted with a copy of the Birth Certificate.

In legal terminology, a petition is made to the court by a petitioner against a respondent, while a complaint is filed by a plaintiff against a defendant. A petition asks the court to provide a court order, while a complaint seeks damages or to force the defendant to start or stop doing something.

You can make a request for court records directly to the Clerk of the Court or the County Clerk that has the records. Criminal records are available from the court system. Each records search costs $95.00.

Once you've filed a petition or response, the very next step is to file a disclosure document. It's a fancy way of saying that you let the other party know what you believe all the assets and debts in the case are. There are two major documents that we file.

If you fill out the petition at the clerk's office, you will be asked for picture identification and to swear if everything on the petition is true and accurate - this is called notarization. If you fill out the petition from the on-line forms you will need to have it notarized before sending it to the court.

Court opinions have a special citation format, based on the court issuing the opinion and where you find the opinion. Since 1879 court opinions were published in physical books as part of the National Reporter System from West Publishing.