Copies of a Family Court File (Records)

How to Request Copies From Your File (Records)

A request for copies of family law documents can be submitted in person at the Family Law Records Unit.

The Family Law Records Unit is located on the first floor of the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse at 3341 Power Inn Road (1/2 mile South of Folsom Blvd). The unit is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Court holidays. Customers must obtain a service ticket before 3:00 p.m. Family Law files that are housed onsite may be viewed during business hours. A photocopy machine is available for public use at $.25 per copy. If you don't know your case number, then you can research the Court Index to locate your case number.

If you are unable to appear in person to obtain copies of family law files, you can have a friend, family member, or private copy service obtain copies for you.

There are various fees that could be incurred when requesting copies, in addition to any fees charged by a private copy service.

Note: Uniform parentage Act and Department of Child Support Service court files are confidential and can only be viewed by the parties names in the case. Exception: If written consent is provided by one of the parties authorizing a person not named in the file to view the file. Adoption requests can only be processed, if the signature of the adoptive parent or parents is notarized.

Older files that are not housed onsite must be ordered from an offsite facility using our online court file request process. If you do not know your case number, you can find it on the Court Index.

Please Note: adoption records are not available on the court index.