Maricopa Cnty. Clerk Super. Ct. Juvenile Filing

For the Maricopa County Superior Court, you can efile both case initiating documents and subsequent documents for the following juvenile case types:

Juvenile adoption certification

Adoption

Delinquency

Dependency

Emancipation (subsequent documents only)

Guardianship (subsequent documents only)

Severance cases

You can efile using the Clerk's eFiling Online portal. In addition to eFiling, you may file juvenile case documents by mail, at one of our filing counter locations or by using a Juvenile Depository Box.

Note for in-person services: Clerks are committed to assisting you in the Superior Court, however; to ensure fairness, clerks cannot give legal advice.

Juvenile Case Filing Options

You can file Juvenile case types using the Clerk's eFiling Online tool.

Filing hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 am- 5:00 pm. You can file juvenile case types at one of two Clerk of Court facility locations.

For your convenience, we also offer alternative filing services for those customers who do not want to stand in line at the filing counter, or for those who wish to file after business hours.

Juvenile case documents may be filed with the Clerk of Superior Court at any of the following locations:

Durango Facility

3131 W. Durango

Phoenix, AZ 85009 (see details)

Southeast Facility

1810 S. Lewis,

Mesa, AZ 85210

Mailing Instructions

Please include original documents, copies, and a self-addressed stamped envelope so that the Office can mail copies back to you. The Clerk's office will conform (copy stamp) up to five copies of new case filings and up to three copies of subsequent filings. Include the name, address and phone number of the filing party in the upper left corner of all documents. Documents can be sent via the United States Postal Service or a third-party commercial carrier.

The date of filing will be the date the documents are received by the Clerk's Office.

Fees

All applicable fees must be included with the documents to be filed. For information on the fees for filing various documents, please visit our fees page. Either money order with signature and address or business check made payable to the "Clerk of the Court" are accepted for payment. Payments may also be made by Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

NO PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED. A business check will only be accepted if it matches the business name of a party in the case or if submitted from a law firm, process server/runner service or certified document preparer.

Mailing locations for juvenile filings:

Clerk of the Superior Court's Office

Juvenile File Counter

3131 W Durango

Phoenix, AZ 85009

or

Clerk of the Superior Court's Office

Juvenile File Counter

1810 S. Lewis,

Mesa, AZ 85210

The Clerk of the Court's Office offers external filing depository boxes specifically for juvenile case types, which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. See all locations.