District Court change reminder for practitioners
The Courts Service has reminded practitioners that new District Court family-law forms will go live from 3 June.
From that date, old application forms will not be accepted.
There are new forms for:
- Domestic violence,
- Maintenance (application to recover arrears of maintenance and vary/discharge maintenance), and
- Arrangements for children (guardianship, custody, and access).
The key changes to the process for applicants and legal practitioners are:
- All applicants and practitioners will need to complete the new application form and file it with the court office,
- Courts Service will complete the summons or notice of application in all instances, and
- Courts Service controls the assignment of court dates in all instances.
The new application forms are interactive PDFs that can be filled in on a computer or mobile device before printing or printed as a blank form and filled in by hand.
Forms will be available to downloaded on courts.ie.