Important changes to District Court Family Law forms. Now live across District Court Family Law offices - 3 June 2025

New District Court Family Law Forms are live from today Tuesday, 3 June 2025. The new forms are for:

• Domestic Violence
• Maintenance (including Application to recover arrears of maintenance, and Vary / Discharge maintenance)
• Arrangements for Children (including Guardianship, Custody, and Access)

Please note that from this date all Applicants/Legal Practitioners making any further or new submissions should complete the new application form and file it with the Court office.

Key Changes:

The key changes to the process for applicants and legal practitioners are:

• All Applicants / Legal Practitioners will need to complete the new application form and file it with the Court office
• Courts Service will complete the Summons / Notice of Application in all instances
• Courts Service control the Assignment of Court dates in all instances

Where to access new forms:  

• The new application forms are interactive PDFs that can be filled in on a computer or mobile device before printing OR printed as a blank form and filled in by hand. Forms can be downloaded on Courts.ie per the below table. 

  Document Type	Document Name
  Application Form	Application for a Domestic Violence Orde
  Application Form	Application for an Interim Domestic Violence Order
  Application Form	Application for Maintenance
  Application Form	Application to recover arrears of Maintenance
  Application Form	Application to vary or discharge a Maintenance Order
  Application Form	Application in relation to Arrangements for Children
  Application Form	Application to vary or discharge an order related to Arrangements for Children
  Supporting Document	Additional Child Details
  Supporting Document	Additional Dependent Child Details
  Supporting Document	Additional Party Details
  Supporting Document	Statutory Declaration of Service of a Document by Registered Post 41.01
  Supporting Document	Statutory Declaration of Service of a Document by Personal Service 41.03