Petition Filing Fee In Allegheny
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Name change actions can take anywhere from a day to six (6) months (sometimes even longer). The time it takes for such action to be ordered/decreed varies not only from county to county, but sometimes from courthouse to courthouse as well.
1. Complete Petition for Change of Name. Pennsylvania does not have official statewide name change forms. Some county court systems offer a name change form for use in that county, which may be obtained from the court system's website, or in some cases exclusively from the courthouse.
In order to ask for IFP status, you must file a "PETITION AND AFFIDAVIT TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS" with the Court, in which you give the Judge detailed information about your financial situation. The required form is attached to these instructions, along with a form order for the Judge.
A competent person over the age of 18, who is not a party on the case, or a family member; can serve the other party for you. This person could be a friend, sheriff, constable, etc.
In order to take full custody either way 1 parent needs to prove that the other is unfit to be a parent and a danger to the child. physical custody normally gets awarded to the parent that shows the most respect twords following the court ordered visitation schedule and willing to be civil with the other parent.
In order to ask for IFP status, you must file a "PETITION AND AFFIDAVIT TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS" with the Court, in which you give the Judge detailed information about your financial situation. The required form is attached to these instructions, along with a form order for the Judge.
You can get the form from the Prothonotary (the clerk of the civil part of the Common Pleas Court). Appendix A shows a Notice of Appeal. Once you have filled out the Notice of Appeal, you must file it with the Prothonotary in the Common Pleas Court where the office of the District Justice is located.
