Pleading Sub-Category

Select the category of the pleading action.

Type

Select the type of pleading action.

Pleading Date

Type or select the date of the pleading.

Petitioner Role This term will be found in the Participant’s grid of the all activity sources with the exception of External Assessment. This term refers only the selected person and their role in the activity source and not their person relationships. Those types of associations would be recorded in the Person Associations hyperlink only.

Select the role This term will be found in the Participant’s grid of the all activity sources with the exception of External Assessment. This term refers only the selected person and their role in the activity source and not their person relationships. Those types of associations would be recorded in the Person Associations hyperlink only. of the petitioner.

Court Docket #

Type  the court docket number associated with this pleading.

Method

Select the method of filing the pleading.

Filed Date

Type or select the date when the pleading was filed in court.

Petitioner Name

Click Person Search to select the petitioner for this action.

Case Members (Children)

Contains the children in the case. Click one or more names and click Add> to move them to the Pleading Concerning Children box.

Pleading Concerning Children

Contains the children in the case who are selected for this pleading. To remove any children, select one or more and click <Remove.

Case Members (Respondents)

Contains the adults in the case. Click one or more names and click Add> to move them to the Selected Respondents box.

Selected Respondents

Contains the adults in the case who are selected as respondents. To remove any names, select one or more and click <Remove.

Additional

Type the name of a person who is not in the case and click Add> to add the person as an additional respondent.

Basis for Petition/Motion

Describe the reasons why this pleading is being recorded.

Requested Court Action

Describe the actions you want the court to take regarding the case.

DCS Legal Approved

Select this check box to indicate the DCS Legal department has approved the pleading record.

Available when initially recording the pleading.

Approved Date

Type of select the date when DCS Legal approved this pleading.

Available when initially recording the pleading.

Marked in Error

Select this check box if this pleading record was created in error and you want to invalidate it. You cannot invalidate this record if another legal action is currently linked to it.

Available when updating the pleading.

Link Court Action

Select the type of court action you want to link to this pleading. Click Add Action to link the court action. Click View Linked Actions to view the actions that have been linked.

Available when initially recording the pleading.