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Form FL-210/FL-200
If you received this summons and petition, it means someone has gone to court to establish that you or they are the parent of a child.
Who sent me these papers?
The name of the person is at the very top of your summons (form FL-210).
Throughout these forms, you are called the respondent, and the person who sent the petition is called the petitioner.
What does this petition say?
First look on form FL-200, which should be with the summons, to find the name(s) of the child(ren) this is about.
On the second page of FL-200, read sections 7, 8, 9, and 10 to see what orders the person is asking the court to make about parentage, custody and visitation.
Parentage
In section 7 the petitioner has indicated who they believe are the legal parents of the child.
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Prepare the claim of exemption
Prepare a Claim of Exemption (Enforcement of Judgment) (form EJ-160) and if based on financial need, Financial Statement (form EJ-165) -
File the claim of exemption with the sheriff
File the original plus one copy with the sheriff shown on the Notice of Levy (form EJ-150) form within 10 days (15 days if the Notice of Levy was served by mail
What is legal parentage all about?
Once a person is established as the parent of a child, they will have all the rights and responsibilities of a parent:
Parents are able to request custody and visitation (parenting time) orders from the court
Parents are also responsible for paying child support and will have to pay a portion (usually ½) of the uninsured health-care costs for the children as well as a portion of child-care costs that result from the custodial parent getting or having a job or going to school.
If there is a court order that a person is the parent of a child, that person MUST financially support the child. It is a crime for a legal parent to fail to support his or her child. The parent also has the right to request custody or visitation rights related to the child.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.