Supervised visitation at the Elkhart Unified Family Court
In Elkhart County, custody and parenting time cases go to the Elkhart County Unified Family Court.
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.
- Elkhart County's Unified Family Court puts related cases, such as divorce, paternity, custody and protection orders, under one judicial officer.
Where family cases are heard
- Elkhart County Judicial Center: 1905 Reliance Road, Goshen, IN 46526
- Court Administration: 117 North Second Street, Goshen, IN 46526
Free help without a lawyer
- Access to Justice Center Court fillable forms, parenting time guidelines and calendar tools, and legal aid links.
Forms and local rules
- 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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