Petition for child custody and support: Index

Petition for custody and support basics

Start a case: instructions for the petitioner

Start the case

Start a Petition for Custody and Support case

File your Petition and Summons

Serve court papers

Serve your Petition and Summons

Service rules for special situations 

Serve by posting

Service by mail with acknowledgment and receipt 

Substituted service

Look for someone you have to serve

Respond to a case: instructions for the respondent

Respond to a parentage case

How to read the Petition and Summons

How to respond

File your response

Serve your response

If you choose not to respond

What it means to default

What it means to default with agreement 

Finalize the case

Finalize the case

Finalize your case

Create an agreement or go to court

• Prepare default judgment and submit default judgment
• Prepare default judgment with agreement and submit default judgment
• Prepare judgment with an agreement (uncontested) and submit judgment
• Prepare judgment after a trial and submit judgment