Family Division

Domestic Relations Branch

Domestic Relations deals with paternity, support, custody, visitation, and divorce. Domestic Violence cases are also assigned to the Domestic Relations Branch. Mary Lou Baker, is the Deputy Court Administrator for the Domestic Relations Branch. Her office is located on the 14th Floor and her phone number is (215) 686-9378, Fax (215) 686-8858.

The general information telephone number for Domestic Relations is (215) 686-4000. For information on payments and other case information, the phone number is (215) 686-7466.

Petitions dealing with family court matters are filed at the Office of the Clerk of Family Court, located on the 11th floor. The Clerk's office hours are 8am-4pm, Monday thru Friday.

Juvenile Branch

Juvenile Branch services include new case initiation, Juvenile Court Operations, Juvenile Probation, hildren and Youth Services (Adoptions) and Support Services.

Mario D'Adamo, Esquire, and Katherine T. Grasela are the Deputy Court Administrators for the Juvenile Branch. Their offices are located on the 14th floor and the phone number is (215) 686-4100, Fax (215) 854-0193

Faustino Castro-Jimenez is the Chief of Juvenile Probation his office is located on the 10th Floor and the phone number is (215) 686-4103.

Juvenile courtrooms, juvenile probation, and other juvenile court services are located at The Family Court of Philadelphia. The general information telephone number is (215) 686-4000.