Supervised visitation at the Allen Superior Court
In Allen County, custody and parenting time cases go to the Allen Superior Court, Family Division.
How supervised visitation works here
- Indiana calls this area custody and parenting time. The Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines are the court's standard for parenting time schedules.
- Indiana law presumes supervised parenting time for at least one year and up to two years when a parent has been convicted of a domestic or family violence crime that the child saw or heard.
- The court may require that parent to finish a batterer's intervention program before unsupervised parenting time starts.
- The Guidelines include a model order with blanks for naming who supervises contact, and they say a law enforcement site for exchanges is an extreme measure used mainly when protective orders exist or there is repeated violence.
- Allen County requires mediation on parenting issues before a case is scheduled, unless the judge orders otherwise.
Where family cases are heard
- Allen County Courthouse: 715 S. Calhoun Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Court programs and resources
- Allen County Custody and Parenting Time Explains mandatory mediation for parenting issues.
- Family Relations Division Covers dissolution, paternity and child welfare matters and sponsors educational programs.
Forms and local rules
- Verified Petition to Modify Parenting Time Also Verified Petition to Modify Custody and Mandatory Mediation Notice, listed on the county page.
- Indiana Self-Service Legal Center, Family Legal Resources Statewide court forms and a parenting time helpline staffed by licensed attorneys at 844-836-0003.
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