Instructions: How To Fill Out Forms To Respond To A Petition To Establish Paternity, Legal Decision Making And Parenting Time printable pdf download

INSTRUCTIONS: HOW TO FILL OUT FORMS TO RESPOND TO A PETITION

TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY, LEGAL DECISION MAKING and

PARENTING TIME

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:

Domestic violence can include

physical violence directed against you or your children such as hitting, slapping, pushing, or kicking.

Domestic violence can also include threats of physical violence made against you and your children, or

regular verbal abuse used to control you. You spouse does NOT need to have been convicted of

domestic violence or assault for you to be a domestic violence victim, and you do not need to have

sought medical care or been admitted to a hospital to be a domestic violence victim.

All court documents will request your address and phone number. If you are a victim of domestic

violence and are in a domestic violence shelter, or if you do not want your address known to protect

yourself or your children from further violence, you must file a “Request for Protected Address” and

ask that your address not be disclosed on court papers. With that Order, you do not need to put

your address and phone number on your court papers. Write “protected” where asked for this

information and update the Clerk of the Court with an address and phone number as soon as possible so

that the Court can reach you.

INSTRUCTION:

Follow these instructions in filling out your Response.

Make sure your form states RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR PATERNITY, LEGAL DECISION

MAKING, PARENTING TIME AND CHILD SUPPORT in the upper right-hand part of the page.

Make sure you use a computer, typewriter or print clearly using black ink only.

In the top left corner of the first page, fill out the following: YOUR name; address (if not

protected); city, state and zip code; telephone number; and your ATLAS number, if you are

receiving or have received AFDC from the Arizona Department of Economic Security. Check the

box to say whether you represent yourself, OR if you are an attorney, write in the name of your

client and your state bar number.

Fill in the name of “Petitioner” and “Respondent” exactly the same way as it looks on the

Petition. Do that for every document you ever file with the court from now on in this case.

Use the “DO” case number that appears in the upper right-hand corner of the Petition. Do that for

every document you ever file with the court from now on in this case.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER PARTY, THE PETITIONER. Fill in the petitioner’s name,

address (if not protected), date of birth, occupation, and relationship to the minor child(ren). This

is basic information about the Petitioner.

INFORMATION ABOUT ME, THE RESPONDENT. Fill in your name, address (if not protected),

date of birth, occupation, and relationship to the minor child(ren). This is basic information.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINOR CHILD(REN). This paragraph references the Affidavit of

Minor Children. You must fill out this form, a copy of which is in your packet, if the information is

different than what the other person says. The “Affidavit of Minor Children” asks for

information pertaining to all the minor children who are the subject of this action.

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Instructions: How To Fill Out Forms To Respond To A Petition To Establish Paternity, Legal Decision Making And Parenting Time