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Modify Primary Residential Responsibility with a written agreement

IMPORTANT: ND Legal Self Help Center staff and court employees and aren't allowed to give legal advice and can't help you complete these forms. If you're unsure how to proceed, consult a lawyer.

North Dakota Legal Self Help Center forms aren’t official court forms and courts aren’t required to accept them. There’s no guarantee that all judges and courts will accept forms available through the Center. Use at your own risk.

You may use this packet of forms only if:

  1. North Dakota State District Court judgment awards primary residential responsibility to one parent; and
  2. You want the Court to modify your judgment so that:
    • Your judgment that currently awards one parent primary residential responsibility is modified to award equal residential responsibility to both parents, or
    • Your judgment that currently awards one parent primary residential responsibility is modified to award primary residential responsibility to the other parent; and
  3. There isn't any protection order, restraining order, or no contact order currently in effect regarding either parent; and
  4. You and the other parent are currently in contact with each other; and
  5. You and the other parent completely agree (100%) on all modifications to the North Dakota State District Court judgment, including the child support amount associated with modifying the judgment; and
  6. Neither you nor the other parent is represented by a lawyer.

Forms in the packet in order of use (you need ALL forms):

Instructions Read before completing any forms

  1. Stipulated Agreement
  2. Financial Declaration
  3. Confidential Information Form
  4. Notice of Motion to Modify
  5. Motion to Modify
  6. Brief in Support of Motion to Modify
  7. Declaration in Support of Motion to Modify
  8. Order to Amend Judgment (Proposed)
  9. Amended Judgment (Proposed)
  10. Amended Parenting Plan (Proposed) – use if parenting plan is a separate exhibit, attachment or appendix
  11. Admission of Service
  12. Admission of Service – use if parenting plan is a separate exhibit, attachment or appendix

 

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