Washington State Court forms
Here you will find forms that are used statewide in Washington Courts. Locate your forms by category or search the list of all forms.
Your Court may have additional forms you must file in a case. Please check with your local Court to confirm. Additionally, you may want to check the Local Court Rules for forms and for more information.
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December 30, 2023:
The Administrative Office of the Courts has updated and removed court pattern forms on the Washington Court Forms homepage (https://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.home&dis=y). You may not be able to locate all the updated forms at the link provided above. However, we are working to improve those options over time. You may access a list of all forms at: https://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.static&staticID=14.
Most of the updated forms have an effective date of January 1, 2024, coinciding with the effective date of newly passed legislation. Please review the summary of changes for more details about the form changes and effective dates at: http://www.courts.wa.gov/forms/?fa=forms.static&staticID=2.
The following form sets were updated, and the quick links to them are provided below:
The Summary of Changes for the forms can be found here.
Updated Protection Order translations will be available in early January, 2024.
Washington State
Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA)
The Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) is an independent judicial branch agency. It is responsible for administration and oversight of state funds that are appropriated by the Legislature to provide civil (not criminal) legal aid services to low incohttps://ocla.wa.gov/childrens-representation/me people in Washington State. …
With funding made available from the federal Office of Victims of Crime, OCLA operates a program that provides civil legal assistance crime victims who experience civil legal problems as a direct consequence of their criminal victimization. The Civil Legal Aid to Crime Victims Program contracts with five civil legal aid providers to offer legal aid to victims experiencing legal problems ranging from the need for domestic violence protection, protection of privacy, adjustment to immigration status, housing and homelessness. …
OCLA operates a Children’s Representation Program to contract for and oversee attorneys who represent “legally free” children in dependency cases. A child is “legally free” when his or her parents’ legal rights have been terminated by a court. Under RCW 13.34.212(1), courts must appoint attorneys for legally free children if they are still in the dependency system six months following the termination of their parents’ legal rights. The Children’s Representation Program also contracts for and oversees attorneys who represent children 8-17 in dependencies; 0-17 in termination proceedings (in addition to the underlying dependency); and youth 18-21 participating in the Extended Foster Care program pursuant to RCW 13.34.212(3).
Adoption
The Adoption Data Card form is created by DCYF and has been revised numerous times over the years. Some of the prior versions did have instructions to return them direct to DCYF. However, Form 10-114 was revised 12/2020 at which time the updated return instructions were added to the upper right corner of the form directing them be sent directly to the Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health.
DCYF has been receiving various versions of the form, primarily from the Court Clerks throughout Washington state. When the forms come to DCYF, it delays the filing with DOH as we gather them weekly and forward them as a package once a week to DOH.
The updated form can be found here: https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/sites/default/files/forms/10-114.pdf
Questions?
Dina Christensen | Administrative Assistant Division of Support, Integration & Quality Improvement
Department of Children, Youth & Families
Cell 360-791-7202 | Fax 360-407-5606
PO Box 40983, Olympia, WA 98504-0983