Brochures & Manuals

Domestic Relations

• Custody Mediation Program
• Supervised Visitation Rules and Regulations
• 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

• Academic Help Center Brochure
• A Family Guide to Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice System
• Prevention Services Unit Brochure
• Community Relations Unit (CRU)
• Victim Services Unit Brochure

• Electronic Filing System’s User Manual - NOTE
• Manual for Guardians of Incapacitated Persons

Civil

Housing

• How to start a Landlord-Tenant Case
• Housing Court - Mediation Program

Small Claims

• How to start a Small Claims Case

• CPCMS Workbook - Public Web Portal Features
• Instructions on how to purchase Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division-Civil Documents
• Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System - ePay Online Case Payments User Guide

Access only available in City Hall, Room 262

• Instructions - Locality In Rem Index - Water/Sewer Charges
• Instructions - Real Estate Tax Liens

• Electronic Filing System User Manual
• eSubpoena System User Guide
• Municipal Court CLAIMS User Manual
• Orphans' Court Electronic Filing System User Manual - NOTE

• Office of Judicial Records Fees
• Office of Judicial Records Passport Services Fees
• Philadelphia Municipal Court Filing Fees
• Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County Filing Fees