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To establish and collect support for children and dependent spouses, enforce financial and medical orders, establish paternity and locate absent parents.

Prepares and maintains the records for the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas. Collects fines and costs for criminal convictions of Court of Common Pleas. Maintains road dockets and Liquor Control Board appeals. Maintains the road docket for all municipal subdivisions. Prepares all commitments for defendants taken into custody. Provide courtroom clerk for judges of the criminal divisions.

Establishes and modifies child support orders, enforces those orders, and assists with establishing paternity when appropriate.

Provides filing for civil actions such as Custody/Visitation Matters, Divorce Complaints, Equity Actions, Judgements.UCC Financing Statements,Lien Stipulations, Mechanic/Municipal Liens, Mortgage Foreclosures, Quiet Title Actions. Clerk of Orphans Court process Marriage License applications. Passport and Birth Certificate Information.

Establishes and collects support for children and dependent spouses, enforces financial and medical orders, and helps to establish paternity and locate absent parents.

Serves as the agency responsible for all matters involving the establishment of paternity for children born outside of marriage and the establishment and enforcement of financial and medical support of spouses and/or children. Provides the following services: Location of Absent Parents; Establishment of paternity; Establishment of Support Orders, including Medical Support; Enforcement of Support Orders; and Translation services.

Serves as the governing legislative body for Carbon County. Oversees county operations, including administration/ human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, emergency services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor.

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Domestic violence protection requests/petitions. Protection order coordination. Emergency PFAs can be obtained from Reading Central Court on 1st Floor of courthouse after 7:00pm and on weekends.

Filing office for cases before the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas involving Custody; Divorce; New Suits; Civil Appeals; Landlord/Tenant Appeals; Liens, Judgments and Satisfactions; Mortgage Foreclosures; Protection From Abuse; Change of Name; Mental Health Commitments. Host local Naturalization Ceremonies in coordination with U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. NOT A HELP CENTER. Office must maintain neutrality and CANNOT offer legal advice or provide assistance in preparing filings.

Offers supervised visitation program that acknowledges the importance of continued family contact.

Establishes and enforces support orders per Pennsylvania State Guidelines. Assists parties in filing against non-custodial parents who live out of county, state, or country. Attempts to establish paternity in all cases in which the child(ren) were born out of wedlock and no paternity acknowledgment has been signed. Performs location services if a non-custodial parent’s whereabouts is unknown.

Provides a variety of services under the federal child support program including case initiation, establishment of paternity and support orders, collection and disbursement of support payments, location services, modification of existing support orders, case management services, interstate support services, and a variety of enforcement services.

Records real estate documents for public information and probate decedent estates or any other documents which are required to be officially recorded. Also maintains archives of recorded documents.

Maintains liens, judgments, divorce actions, and civil and equity files. Collects filing fees, time-stamps, issues receipts, proofreads indexes, certifies court seals, exemplifies, notifies, copies, and communicates by mail or phone the legally mandated information. Services include: 2017 state fee increase, bi-lingual PFA forms, court records internet access, divorce self help information, documents and forms, marriage license, obtaining a birth certificate, and passport information.

Child support assessment / enforcement unit of the Court of Common Pleas. Initiate receive and process child and spousal support complaints, and reciprocal complaints from other County and State jurisdictions. Conduct child support conference proceedings to determine child and spousal support obligations. Evaluate for the purpose of enforcement, controlling orders and continuing exclusive jurisdiction. Monitor and reconcile existing support accounts. Act as information liaison between County and State Pacses support collection process. Conduct modification support conferences. Prepare contempt actions and testify in court at Non-Support hearings. Enforce and disburse related Court costs.

Chief Clerk of the Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas. Handles Family Court filings (Protection from Abuse, divorces and custody matters). Chief Notary for County of Berks in civil cases. Records judgements and liens (local, state, and federal). Distributes immigration information. Records and maintains records for all civil cases. Agent for application of passports.

Files all civil documents, divorces, custody, protection from abuse (PFA), and judgments. This office is not permitted to issue legal advice or procedures, please consult your attorney for any legal questions. Forms may not be available in some cases. For instructions and forms for Divorce and Custody matters, please use the following website. www.pacourts.us/learn/representing-yourself/

Processes petitions and schedules necessary hearings for PFA's.

Provides the following basic services to the people of Schuylkill County; Register of Wills - Grants letters testamentary to those probating a will and letters of administration to those who die without a will - Collects inheritance tax for Pennsylvania Orphans Court - Issues marriage licenses - Provides applications to persons wishing to obtain copies of birth certificates - Handles all adoption proceedings. Adoptions are sealed and held in closed court - Settle estates of minors and incapacitated persons

To serve the public by providing child support services as authorized by law. They establish, modify and enforce orders of support and provide support collection services for children and families in an effective and efficient manner, making prudent use of public resources.

Consists of the County Council, which is the governing legislative body, and the County Executive, who oversees county operations, including administration/ human resources, economic development, corrections, court services, fiscal affairs, human services, public works, and the offices of the Coroner, Public Defender, Sheriff, and Solicitor.

Responsible for the probate of all estates for decedents dying in the County of Berks. Collects inheritance tax for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Issues marriage licenses. Maintains the dockets of all probate proceedings. Serves as Clerks of Orphans' Court. Maintains all records of adoptions and guardianship in the Orphans' Court division of the Court of Common Pleas. Serves as presiding officer in all probate hearings. Under special circumstances, the Register will perform probates and take marriage license applications in the home, assisted living facility or hospital of the citizen in need of our services.

Provides filing, recording and processing of all civil actions, equity actions, judgments, federal and local tax liens, city liens, family court matters, arbitrations, license suspension appeals, appeals to higher court, and applications for passports. Also files and records all judgments, orders, decrees of court which includes sending out notice of such entry to parties and/or counsel in each case. Issues writs and process many other legal documents.

Custodian of adult and juvenile criminal records. Filing office for summary appeals, bail, expungement, constable and private detective licenses.