If you are claiming that the other parent wrongfully denied your parenting time or is not following the schedule the Court ordered, you need to enforce your parenting time order. To do this, you should file a Request for Parenting Time Enforcement (FD-FOC 4052). A copy of the Order you are trying to enforce must be attached to the form.

• The form is available on the Friend of the Court Forms page or at the Friend of the Court Customer Service Lobby, 645 Griswold, Detroit MI 48226. We are located on the 1st floor of the Penobscot Building.
• You may file the form online, in person, or by mail. Online is the preferred method. Please visit the Court’s website at www.3rdcc.org/divisions/family-domestic/emergency-and-non-emergency-filings for the most up to date filing information.
• There is no fee to file this request.
• The FOC Referee Support Services will schedule a hearing within approximately four (4) weeks with the Parenting Time Referee.
• The Referee may refer both of you to an on-site mediator to resolve your disagreement about parenting time.
• If the other party does not show up for the hearing, you can ask the Referee to have the case reviewed for an Order to Show Cause against the other parent.
• The Referee also may recommend that an Order to Show Cause be issued against the other parent at the hearing to be heard by a Judge.
• An Order to Show Cause will not be issued to address minor parenting time disputes.

You may contact the Friend of the Court Customer Service Department at 1-844-785-7593 for further information.