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Family Offense petitions are filed in
Family Court
. To qualify, the person you are filing against must be a family or household member — spouse, former spouse, parent of your child, person related by blood or marriage, or someone you have or had an intimate relationship with. For strangers or coworkers, file in Criminal Court.
County where you are filing
— Select your county —
New York (Manhattan) — NYC — Supreme Court / Family Court
Kings (Brooklyn) — NYC — Supreme Court / Family Court
Queens — NYC — Supreme Court / Family Court
Bronx — NYC — Supreme Court / Family Court
Richmond (Staten Island) — NYC — Supreme Court / Family Court
Nassau — 2nd Judicial District
Suffolk — 10th Judicial District
Westchester — 9th Judicial District
Rockland — 9th Judicial District
Orange — 9th Judicial District
Dutchess — 9th Judicial District
Putnam — 9th Judicial District
Ulster — 3rd Judicial District
Erie (Buffalo) — 8th Judicial District
Monroe (Rochester) — 7th Judicial District
Onondaga (Syracuse) — 5th Judicial District
Albany — 3rd Judicial District
Schenectady — 4th Judicial District
Rensselaer — 3rd Judicial District
Saratoga — 4th Judicial District
Oneida — 5th Judicial District
Broome (Binghamton) — 6th Judicial District
Niagara — 8th Judicial District
Chautauqua — 8th Judicial District
Chemung (Elmira) — 6th Judicial District
Tompkins (Ithaca) — 6th Judicial District
Allegany — 8th Judicial District
Cattaraugus — 8th Judicial District
Cayuga — 5th Judicial District
Chenango — 6th Judicial District
Clinton — 4th Judicial District
Columbia — 3rd Judicial District
Cortland — 6th Judicial District
Delaware — 6th Judicial District
Essex — 4th Judicial District
Franklin — 4th Judicial District
Fulton — 4th Judicial District
Genesee — 8th Judicial District
Greene — 3rd Judicial District
Hamilton — 4th Judicial District
Herkimer — 5th Judicial District
Jefferson — 5th Judicial District
Lewis — 5th Judicial District
Livingston — 7th Judicial District
Madison — 5th Judicial District
Montgomery — 4th Judicial District
Ontario — 7th Judicial District
Orleans — 8th Judicial District
Oswego — 5th Judicial District
Otsego — 6th Judicial District
Schoharie — 3rd Judicial District
Schuyler — 6th Judicial District
Seneca — 7th Judicial District
St. Lawrence — 4th Judicial District
Steuben — 7th Judicial District
Sullivan — 3rd Judicial District
Tioga — 6th Judicial District
Warren — 4th Judicial District
Washington — 4th Judicial District
Wayne — 7th Judicial District
Wyoming — 8th Judicial District
Yates — 7th Judicial District
Your full legal name
Name of person you are filing against (Respondent)
Your relationship to the Respondent
Current or former spouse
Parent of my child (no marriage)
Parent, sibling, or other relative by blood
Current or former intimate partner (dating relationship)
Other family or household member
Are there minor children shared with or living with the Respondent?
Yes
No
If yes, children's names and ages
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