Form used to state compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). The CARES Act provides a temporary moratorium on eviction filings, as well as other protections for tenants in certain covered properties.

Use this instruction form to become familiar with legal terms in protective order cases. Learn more at mdcourts.gov/dv. 

Use this form if you are a minor who is at least 14 years old and want to designate an individual as your guardian of the person. 

Use this form if you are a minor child or disabled person at least 16 years old and want to designate an individual as guardian of your property. 

Use this form to apply for a Public Defender to represent you in a criminal or traffic case that carries a penalty of incarceration, and you cannot afford an attorney. You will need to provide information about your income, expenses, and assets.

Note: You must also complete, sign, and submit the DC-099A – Informed Consent Release Form.

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Use this form if you are a guardian of the property to file your annual accounting to the court. 

Use this form in a domestic violence case. 

Use this financial form in a child custody/support case in which parties combined income is $30,000 or less.

Use this financial form in a family case if parties combined income is more than $30,000.

Use this form to apply to have police records expunged if you previously requested that a law enforcement agency expunge your police record relating to an incident and you were issued a Notice of Denial of Request for Expungement or you have not been notified of any action taken and it has been more than 60 days after receipt of the Notice and Request for Expungement.

Use this instruction form for cases including child custody, visitation, child support, divorce, alimony, name change, contempt, and guardianship. 

Use this form if requesting to shield domestic violence (CC-DC-DV-021 A or B) or peace order (CC-DC-PO-016 A or B) records and it is earlier than three (3) years after the denial or dismissal of the petition or after the consent expires. This is a release of all the requesting party’s claims for damages relating to this proceeding and  any and all tort claims that may arise out of this  proceeding.

Use this form if requesting to expunge records based on an acquittal, nolle prosequi, or dismissal and it is earlier than three (3) years after the disposition to waive all officers, agents, and employees involved in your arrest, detention, or confinement.

Use this form if you are the guardian of the property of a minor or disabled person and are asking the court for a commission to be paid from the guardianship estate.

This form outlines the fees associated with filing an appeal in various case types, the amount payable to each trial court, and the number of days to file the appeal.

This form lists the charges and timeframes to be eligible to expunge nuisance crimes (drinking alcohol or sleeping in public, panhandling, loitering, or using transit without payment, for example) under Criminal Procedural Article § 10-105.

This form outlines information relating to shielding your convictions from the public under the Maryland Second Chance Act, the difference between expungement and shielding, and who can still see shielded records.