CP-Civil case documents will be intermittently unavailable while scheduled maintenance is performed on the e-filing system. This will occur on Saturday (11/22/25) between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Please note that this will not impact the ability to submit electronic filings or access to documents in Criminal and Orphan's Court cases.
Brochures & Manuals
Civil
Housing
- Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program Materials
- Save Your Home Philly Hotline Notice
- Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers Act
Criminal
Diversion/Re-entry Program
- The Mentor Program Brochure - Mentors Empowering Now to Overcome Recidivism
- Veterans Court Mentor Program Brochure
Mental Health Court Program
Mitigation Protocol
Domestic Relations
- Child Custody in Philadelphia County
- Child Support in Philadelphia County
- Paternity of children in Philadelphia County when parents are not married
- Protection from Abuse in Philadelphia County
- Philadelphia Emergency Domestic Violence Site
- Domestic Violence and TANF Support Requirements
- Divorce in Philadelphia County
- Instructions to obtain certified copies of divorce decrees.
- Notice Re: Divorce Filing Fees
- Representing yourself in Divorce Proceedings
Juvenile Branch
- Electronic Filing System’s User Manual - NOTE
- Manual for Guardians of Incapacitated Persons
Civil
Housing
Small Claims
- Electronic Filing System User Manual
- eSubpoena System User Guide
- Municipal Court CLAIMS User Manual
- Orphans' Court Electronic Filing System User Manual - NOTE
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Contact
- First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
- City Hall Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Contact Us
- 215 686-7000
- www.courts.phila.gov
Business Hours
- Monday-Friday: 8am to 5pm
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
The First Judicial District (FJD) of Pennsylvania is composed of two courts which make up the Philadelphia County Court System: the Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court.
- CP-CIVIL LIMITED DOCUMENT ACCESS - 11/22/25 7 A.M. - 12 P.M.
CP-Civil case documents will be intermittently unavailable while scheduled maintenance is performed on the e-filing system. This will occur on Saturday (11/22/25) between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Please note that this will not impact the ability to submit electronic filings or access to documents in Criminal and Orphan's Court cases.11/20/2025 - Judicial Docket In Re: Reassignment of Judge Sierra Thomas Street, A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County from Trial Division to Orphans' Division11/17/2025
- Judicial Docket In Re: Reassignment of Judge Daine A. Grey, A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County from Family Division to Trial Division11/17/2025
- NOTICE: View the EMERGENCY JUDGE ASSIGNMENT for Friday, November 14, 2025, through Friday, November 21, 202511/14/2025
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