Form 7 - Notice of Intention to Request
Entry of Section 3301(c) Divorce Decree
The numbers on these instructions correspond with the numbers in the arrowboxes on the
form. Use the form with the arrowboxes to guide you through filling out the blank form.
1. Write the name of the county you are filing in by arrowbox 1. Write exactly what
you wrote on Form 1, by arrowbox 1.
2. Write the name of the Plaintiff by arrowbox 2. Write it exactly as it appears on
Form 1, by arrowbox 2.
3. Write the name of the Defendant by arrowbox 3. Write it exactly as it appears on
Form 1, by arrowbox 3.
4. Write the docket number by arrowbox 4. The docket number is the number that
the Prothonotary's Office wrote on Form 1, by arrowbox 4 at the time of filing.
5. Write your spouse's name by arrowbox 5.
6. Count 20 calendar days from the date that you will be mailing this form to your
spouse. The date that you mail the form is Day 1. Write that date by arrowbox 6.
7. If you live in one of the following counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Blair,
Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lancaster,
Lehigh, Luzerne, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia,
Washington, Westmoreland, or York, you must call your county’s Court
Administrator’s Office, Prothonotary’s Office, or other related county office
to determine what lawyer referral service to put by arrowbox 7.
If you do NOT live in one of the above listed counties: Write by arrowbox 7:
“Pennsylvania Bar Association – Lawyer Referral Service
Telephone 1-800-692-7375 (PA only)
or 717-238-6715”
8. Sign this form by arrowbox 8.
9. Write the name of the county you are filing in by arrowbox 9. Write exactly what
you wrote on Form 1, by arrowbox 1.
10. Write your name by arrowbox 10. Write your name exactly as you wrote it on
Form 1, by arrowbox 2.
11. Write your spouse's name by arrowbox 11. Write your spouse's name exactly as
you wrote it on Form 1, by arrowbox 3.
12. Write the docket number by arrowbox 12. The docket number is the number that
the Prothonotary's Office wrote on Form 1, by arrowbox 4 at the time of filing.
Note: This form MUST be properly served on the other party (see Divorce Procedure
section). Use Form 11 for service.