Brochure - How to File a Peace or Protection Order

Use this form to tell the court that you consent to a guardianship of your child(ren).

Use this form to designate an adult to be standby guardian of your minor child(ren) if you become mentally incapacitated, physically debilitated, or subject to an adverse immigration action.

Information on how to file for a peace or protective order. Learn more about Protective Orders and Peace Orders.

Petition for Expungement of Records (Acquittal, Dismissal, etc.)

Motion for Appropriate Relief - Guardianship Proceeding

Motion to Modify Child Support/Counterclaim to Motion to Modify or Petition for Contempt

Petition to Modify / Rescind / Extend Protective Order

Motion for Restoration of Former Name

Use this form if you are asking the court for guardianship of an alleged disabled person who lives with or is under the control of someone who refuses to allow him or her to be examined or evaluated by health care professionals (physician, psychologist, or licensed certified social worker-clinical).

Use this form if you believe a respondent has violated a protective order. Learn more.

Use this form to petition to have an individual (evaluee) who presents a danger to the life or safety of themselves or others taken to an emergency room by law enforcement for the purpose of examination to determine if they meet the criteria to be admitted to a psychiatric facility.

Use this form to ask Maryland to enforce an out-of-state child custody order. 

Use this form to ask the court to expunge court records in a juvenile case.

Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

Need help filling out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

Use this form to ask the court to award guardianship over an individual, regardless of the individual’s age, who has a disability. Learn about the alternatives to guardianship before filing a petition. 

Use this form to ask the court to award guardianship over an individual under age 18. Learn more.

Use this form to ask the court to grant a peace order. Learn more.

Need help filing out court forms? Maryland Guide & File is a web-based tool that helps fill out court forms. To use this Maryland Guide & File interview, CLICK HERE.

Use this form to ask the court for a permanent protective order. 

Use this form to ask the court for a protective order. 

Use this form if you want expungement of a juvenile record and you want to ask the court to give you information from a juvenile case. 

Use this form if you are an interested person to a guardianship and want the court to remove a guardian of the person or guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person.