This form is designed for parents, who are not married to the other parent, and are seeking parental responsibilities and parenting time (i.e., custody) over their minor child.

This Motion is designed to request that the court appoint a Guardian ad Litem to perform an investigation and make a recommendation to the Court about what’s in the best interests of the minor child. Specifically, the request is for instances where the other party has committed acts of domestic violence in front of the minor child(ren).

This emergency motion is designed for situations where there other parent has relocated with the minor child (either outside the State of Illinois, or depending on the County between 25-50+ miles away from their current residence), without agreement of the parties or permission from a court, and attempts to enroll the minor child(ren) in a school in a new district.

This motion is designed for either a divorce or parentage matter, when one party wants to change a parenting time schedule that was previously entered by a court.

This Motion to Modify Child Support is for a parent who has already been ordered to pay child support to the other parent, and who is now looking to reduce their monthly child support amount due to losing a job, becoming sick, or for some other “substantial change in circumstance” under the law.

This Motion cites 750 ILCS 5/505 and 750 ILCS 5/510, both of which are sections under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. The sections can also be used by parties who were never married but who are seeking to modify an exiting child support order.

A Petition designed to enforce the payment of child support from the other parent through the “civil contempt” process.

This motion is designed to be filed by a parent who currently has majority parenting time of their child(ren) and wants to request child support and contribution to child expenses (i.e., out of pocket healthcare, school and extracurricular costs) from the non-majority parent.

The motion can be filed into an ongoing divorce or parentage matter to establish the non-majority parent’s child support obligation and obligation to other child expenses (i.e., out of pocket healthcare, school and extracurricular costs).

The motion cites 750 ILCS 5/501 and 750 ILCS 5/505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.

A Motion designed for child support proceedings, where the non-majority parent is unemployed or underemployed, to force that parent to look for a job.