Superior Court >Self- Service Center >Forms >Family Court MOTION AND PAPERS FOR TEMPORARY ORDERS

ATTENTION: Use the forms on this page if the following factors apply to your situation:

• You or the other party have already filed, or at the same time you file these papers you will be filing, a petition for:
• Divorce, legal separation, or annulment, OR
• to establish child Legal Decision Making (Custody) and/or parenting time, OR
• to establish paternity and child Legal Decision Making (Custody) and/or parenting time, and/or child support, AND,
• You need a temporary court order for child Legal Decision Making (Custody), parenting time, and/or child support while you wait for a final court order, AND/OR,
• You or the other party filed for divorce, legal separation or annulment, and you need a temporary court order for spousal maintenance (alimony), division of property or debt, access to cash, and/or payment of attorney fees while you wait for a final court order.
• You are the parent of a minor child(ren) for whom you asking for a temporary order for Legal Decision Making (Custody), parenting time and/or support, or you are not the parent but you are listed as a party on the petition for one of the actions listed above; AND
• If you are asking for a temporary order for Legal Decision Making (Custody), parenting time, and/or child support, the minor child(ren) has/have either lived in Arizona for at least 6 consecutive months before the Petition was filed, or since birth if younger than 6 months old, or a lawyer has advised you that you could still pursue the case in Arizona at this time; AND
• YOU MAY NOT USE THESE FORMS TO REQUEST TEMPORARY SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE IF YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY MARRIED.

These packets contain court forms and instructions about filing for temporary orders in family court cases involving minor children, and/or for temporary orders between spouses in matters of divorce, legal separation, or annulment.

Packets
Title	File	English	Spanish
Motion and Papers for Temporary Orders - Instructions	drt1i	PDF	PDF
Motion and Papers for Temporary Orders - Forms	drt1f	PDF	PDF

The individual forms and instructions below are already included in the Packet(s) above. If you choose to download the documents individually, make sure you get ALL of the instructions and ALL of the forms that apply to your case*.

Instructions
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Instructions: How to Fill Out the Forms to Request Pre-Decree Temporary Orders	drt10i	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
2	Procedures Filing The Motion and Court Papers for Temporary Orders	drt10p	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
3	Joint Legal Decision Making (Custody) Guidelines 1	drcvg12h	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
4	Schedule of Basic Child Support Obligations(Abbreviated version) 2	drs10h-b	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
5	Instructions for Parents Worksheet for Child Support 2	drs12i	PDF | Word	PDF | Word

*Items marked with "1" are only required if you are requesting temporary Legal Decision Making (Custody) or parenting time.
 Items marked with "2" are only required if you are requesting temporary child support.
 Items marked with "3" are only required if you are requesting temporary spousal maintenance and/or attorney fees.

Forms
Order	Title	File	English	Spanish
1	Family Court/Sensitive Data Sheet in Cases with Minor Children	drsds10f-C	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
2	Motion for Temporary Orders	drt11f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
3	Family Court Department Notice About Returns/Conferences	drosc14f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
4	Family Court Department Notice About Temporary Orders	drosc11f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
5	Affidavit of Financial Information 3	drosc13f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
6	Parenting Plan 1	drcvg11f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
7	Parent's Worksheet for Child Support 2	drs12f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
8	Order to Appear	drt12f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word
9	Temporary Orders	drt82f	PDF | Word	PDF | Word