Start Parenting Time-Never Married with Agreement
This form may be helpful if paternity has already been established for your minor child, you and the other parent were never married, and you would like the court to establish an agreed upon parenting time arrangement.
What are the qualifications?
- You have never been married to your child’s parent, and
- The court has issued a paternity order, or you and the other parent signed a paternity affidavit, and
- The court has not issued a parenting time order, and
- You would like to start getting parenting time with your child, and
- You and the other parent agree you should have parenting time with your child
Before Starting
We recommend you set aside 1 hour to complete the Form Helper App. If you do not wish to use the Form Helper, you can print the forms attached below. Form Helper is a tool that can be used to complete these forms. The Form Helper asks questions and uses the answers to complete the forms. The Form Helper is hosted on Community.lawyer servers. Representing yourself in court should not be taken lightly, and there are many reasons why hiring an attorney is a good idea. If you do choose to represent yourself, click here for what you need to know.
Get Started
We’ve provided instructions on how to complete these forms on your own but representing yourself in court should not be taken lightly, and there are many reasons why hiring an attorney is a good idea. In fact, we suggest that even if you use the forms provided on this site that you still talk with an attorney before submitting the forms to a court to get the best result possible.
Establish Parenting Time When Parents Agree
This Form Helper will ask you questions to help you fill out the forms you need to get an order from the court that allows you parenting time with your children when you and the other parent agree that parenting time should be ordered.
You will need information from your case to complete the case caption found on the top of each court form. If you cannot find your paper copy, visit mycase.in.gov to do a search.
Complete the Agreed Parenting Time Forms by using the Form Helper above or printing the form instructions and the form packet attached at the bottom of the page. The Form Helper will walk you through a series of questions that will automatically fill and complete all forms.
Review the resources in this section for general information about filing your Agreed Parenting Time Forms with the court.
Once the court approves your court forms, you may need to take more steps. Review the resources in this section for help and information.