The OmaTuomioistuin e-service can now be used to handle almost all petitionary matters and disputes

The OmaTuomioistuin e-service can now be used to handle almost all petitionary matters and disputes of district courts. For the time being, you can only handle your own matters in the e-service. Acting as an attorney and on behalf of another person will also be possible later.

In the OmaTuomioistuin e-service, you can now handle, for example, the cancellation of a document, matters related to child custody or the appointment of an estate distributor. The e-service uses an initiation form from which the customer selects the case title, i.e. what kind of case they want to initiate. Based on the title, the e-service identifies whether the customer must submit an application or an application for a summons. This depends on whether it is a petitionary matter or a dispute.

In the future, notifications of messages received in the OmaTuomioistuin e-service will primarily be sent to Suomi.fi Messages. If the customer has not activated Suomi.fi Messages, a notification of a new message will be sent to the email address they have provided for this purpose. Later this year, more new functionalities will be introduced, such as main hearing day reminders, which requires that the customer has activated Suomi.fi Messages.

The OmaTuomioistuin e-service was opened for clients in divorce matters in December 2025. Almost 80 per cent of new divorce applications already come through the OmaTuomioistuin e-service. In addition, OmaTuomioistuin has been taken into use in many divorce matters that have already been initiated, as clients have been able to submit second-stage applications through OmaTuomioistuin.

Customers can be found at the addresses omatuomioistuin.fi and asiointi.oikeus.fi/yleisettuomioistuimet. You can visit OmaTuomioistuin at any time, except for possible service interruptions.

Watch the video about matters that can be handled via OmaTuomioistuin: https://youtu.be/CtWMJNAnRRw

Further information and interview requests: tuomioistuinvirasto.viestinta@oikeus.fi