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Forms organized by specific topics:
READ THIS IF YOU HAVE KIDS!

A history of domestic violence between you and the other parent can affect the custody or visitation arrangement for your children. The law presumes that the parent who committed the domestic violence might not get custody and visitation unless they meet certain requirements. These may include completing a batterer’s intervention or substance abuse treatment program. To find domestic violence, the law does not require the existence of a protective order or criminal charges. The divorce or custody judge may ask about domestic violence. If there has been domestic violence, you should talk with a lawyer about how this law will impact your case.

Filing for Dissolution, Divorce, or Custody

Ending the Marriage – Divorce or Dissolution

Spouses agree on all issues

Spouses do not agree on all issues

Change a Dissolution to a Divorce

Forms you may want if one of the spouses in a divorce case is pregnant

Unmarried parents who want an order for a parenting plan and child support

Parents agree

Parents do not agree or do not know if they agree

Serving the other side (giving the other side copies of what you file)

Fee Waiver (if you can't afford the cost to start the case)

Standing Orders

Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. Read more about Domestic Relations Standing Orders for the four judicial districts.

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Responding to a Complaint

Instructions

Forms

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Serving the Other Side

Instructions and Useful Information

Forms

Serving Outside Alaska with an Out-of-State Process Server

Serving in an Alaska Jail

Serving in a Jail Outside of Alaska

Serving by Mail in a Foreign Country

Serving Absent Defendant by Publication or Posting

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Filing for Default

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Motions: Requesting an Order from the Court; Opposing a Motion

Instructions

• Getting Your Message to the Judge, SHC-1380 Word | PDF

Forms (Use the Motion forms that fit your situation)

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Getting Ready for Hearing or Trial

Go to the free Hearing and Trial Preparation workshop!

Instructions

Forms

Additional Forms Depending on Type of Case

For Divorce without children:

For Divorce with children:

For Custody:

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Finishing the Custody Case

Forms

If you have objections to either the proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (Custody) or Decree of Custody and Judgment, use Objections (Civil Rule 98), SHC-1635 (Word | PDF) to file your objections. You have 5 days to file this.

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Finishing the Divorce Case

Forms

Children and Property (Long)

Children and Property (Short)

No Children and Property (Long)

No Children and Property (Short)

If you have objections to either the proposed Divorce Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law or the Divorce Judgment, use Objections (Civil Rule 98), SHC-1635 (Word | PDF) to file your objections. You have 5 days to file this.

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After You Get the Final Judgment or Order

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Enforcing Your Order

Forms for the Moving Party

Enforce Order

Reduce to Judgment

Forms for the Responding Party

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Collecting Money Owed to You

Information about Execution Procedure

Forms and Information to Execute on Debtor’s PFD

Forms and Information to Garnish the Debtor’s Earnings

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Modifying Child Custody or Child Support Order After the Final Order

Parents agree on change to parenting plan or child support

Parents do not agree or do not know if they agree about change to parenting plan or child support

OR

Forms to Include with Your Motion or Opposition

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Registering Foreign (Out-Of-State, or Tribal) Orders

Instructions

Required Forms to Register Foreign Child Custody Order

Required Forms to Register Foreign Support Order

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Child Support

Instructions

Forms

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Child Support Enforcement Division

General Information About CSED

Forms to Apply or Withdraw From CSED Services

CSED Forms and Information for Domestic Violence Victims

Form to Request a CSED Modification Packet
Important Note: CSED orders can be modified through CSED, but court orders can only be modified directly by you using the Court's Modification Packet. Please call the Helpline if you have questions about how these procedures differ.

Form to Request Lowering CSED Withholding Because of Hardship

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Grandparent Visitation

Forms to ask to join the parents' custody case

Forms to ask for grandparent visitation before the parents' custody case is done

Forms to ask for grandparent visitation after there is a final judgment in the parents' custody case

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Legal Separation

Starting the case when the spouses agree

Starting the case when the spouses do not agree or do not know if they agree

Responding when the other spouse filed a Complaint for Legal Separation

Asking the court to convert the Legal Separation to Divorce

Final Documents

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Parenting and Custody

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Parenting Coordination

Parent Forms

Parenting Coordinator Forms

Attorney Use Form

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Paternity

Complaints to Establish Paternity

If the parents agree:

Complaints to Disestablish Paternity

Complaints to Disestablish and Establish Paternity

Answers to Paternity Complaint

Forms Useful to Prove Paternity

Miscellaneous

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Property and Debt, Civil Rule 26.1, and Discovery

Information to Exchange with the Other Party

If ordered by the court to provide someone access to your medical records, fill out the following release form and give to that person:

Forms

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Uncontested Matters, Agreements, and Settlements

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Miscellaneous

Packets

SHC-PAC1A Divorce Complaint With Children Packet SHC-PAC6 Generic Motion and Response Forms DR-700 Motion Packet to Request a Change in Parenting Plan or Child Support
SHC-PAC1B Divorce Complaint Without Children Packet SHC-PAC7 Registering Foreign Custody Order Packet DR-720 Response Packet to Motion to Change Parenting Plan or Child Support
SHC-PAC2 Alternate Service Packet SHC-PAC8 Registering Foreign Support Order Packet SHC-PAC13A Legal Separation Complaint With Children Packet
SHC-PAC3A Custody Packet (for unmarried parents) SHC-PAC9A Uncontested Complaint for Divorce With Children Packet SHC-PAC13B Legal Separation Complaint Without Children Packet
SHC-PAC3B Answer & Counterclaim to Custody Packet (for unmarried parents) SHC-PAC9B Uncontested Complaint for Divorce Without Children Packet SHC-PAC14A Answer & Counterclaim Packet to Complaint for Legal Separation With Children
SHC-PAC4 Answer & Counterclaim to Divorce With Minor Children Packet SHC-PAC9C Uncontested Divorce Complaint with No Property, No Children, and Short Marriage Packet SHC-PAC14B Answer & Counterclaim Packet to Complaint for Legal Separation Without Children
SHC-PAC5 Answer & Counterclaim to Divorce Without Minor Children Packet SHC-PAC10 Uncontested Complaint for Custody of Minor Children Packet SHC-PAC15A Uncontested Complaint for Legal Separation With Children Packet
SHC-PAC11 Uncontested Motion to Modify Custody, Visitation and Child Support Packet SHC-PAC12 Motion to Modify Custody, Visitation & Support Packet SHC-PAC15B Uncontested Complaint for Legal Separation Without Children Packet
Other Other Packets

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Divorce With Children Packet, DR-815

Instructions

Required Forms To Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Divorce Without Children Packet, SHC-PAC1B

Instructions

Required Forms to Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Alternate Service Packet, SHC-PAC2

Instructions

Required Forms to Serve by Alternate Service (Posting to the Court’s Legal Notice Website or Another Method)

Required Form if Serving Someone in an Alaska State Jail or Prison

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. For divorce or custody cases, to learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Custody Packet (for unmarried parents), DR-414

Instructions

Required Forms to Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Answer Packet for Answering a Complaint for Child Custody (for unmarried parents), DR-440

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Answer & Counterclaim to Divorce With Minor Children Packet, SHC-PAC4

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Answer & Counterclaim to Divorce Without Minor Children Packet, SHC-PAC5

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Generic Motion and Response Forms, SHC-PAC6

Instructions

Forms for the Moving Party

Form for the Responding Party

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Registering Foreign Custody Order Packet, SHC-PAC7

Instructions

Required Forms – Order from Another State or Country

Required Forms – Order from a Tribal Court

Optional Form

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Registering Foreign Support Order Packet, SHC-PAC8

Instructions

Required Forms

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Uncontested Complaint for Divorce With Children Packet, SHC-PAC9A

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

Parent Education Requirement

You have two options to meet the requirement for parent education: (1) watch the Listen to the Children video at the courthouse, or (2) complete the web-based class Children in Between. This requirement must be satisfied before the entry of the final decree in the case. See www.courts.alaska.gov/shcparent-ed.htm.

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Uncontested Complaint for Divorce Without Children Packet, SHC-PAC9B

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Uncontested Divorce Complaint with No Property, No Children, and Short Marriage, SHC-PAC9C

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Uncontested Complaint for Custody of Minor Children Packet, SHC-PAC10

Instructions

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Uncontested Motion to Change Packet, SHC-PAC11

Instructions

Forms to Ask to Modify

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

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Motion to Change Custody, Visitation, & Support Packet, SHC-PAC12

Instructions

Forms to Ask to Modify

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

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Response Packet to Motion to Change Parenting Plan or Child Support, DR-720

Instructions

Forms to Respond to Motion to Modify

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

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Legal Separation Complaint With Children Packet, SHC-PAC13A

Instructions

Required Forms To Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Legal Separation Complaint Without Children Packet, SHC-PAC13B

Instructions

Required Forms to Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Answer & Counterclaim Packet to Complaint for Legal Separation With Children, SHC-PAC14A

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Answer & Counterclaim Packet to Complaint for Legal Separation Without Children, SHC-PAC14B

Required Forms

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Uncontested Complaint for Legal Separation With Children Packet, SHC-PAC15A

Required Forms to Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

Parent Education Requirement

You have two options to meet the requirement for parent education: (1) watch the Listen to the Children video at the courthouse, or (2) complete the web-based class Children in Between. This requirement must be satisfied before the entry of the final decree in the case. See Parent Education Requirements.

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Uncontested Complaint for Legal Separation Without Children Packet, SHC-PAC15B

Required Forms To Start Your Case

Forms that are Required in Certain Situations

Standing Orders

NOTE: Standing Orders are automatic court orders that take effect once your case is filed. To learn more, please read the Domestic Relations Procedural Order (Standing Order) section. You can read the Third and Fourth Judicial Districts standing orders to get an idea of what these orders say.

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Other Packets

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