About Court Forms Online

Court Forms Online is part of the Suffolk Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab’s Document Assembly Line project. It helps you complete court forms other legal documents. Each form has been turned into an interview that that guides you through the process of completing the form. In some cases, we can deliver (e-file) your forms directly to the court.

The online guided interviews on Court Forms Online have been built by lawyers, designers, developers, law students, and others. Some are maintained by the LIT Lab, while others are built and maintained by other organizations.

Court Forms Online started out with input from the Massachusetts Trial Court and Appeals Court. In 2020 the Appeals Court issued a standing orderofficially approving Court Forms Online for completing and Document Assembly Line community includes courts and legal legal aid organizations in Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, Vermont, and more. Learn more about the Document Assembly Line project.

How does it work?

We use a free and open source tool, Docassemble, to ask step-by-step questions as part of an interview that guides you through completing the form. Then we use your answers to assemble complete, ready-to-file PDF documents.

You can use the Court Forms Online on a desktop computer or a smartphone.

Some forms need to be printed and delivered by you. Some forms include button that delivers your form by email. And other works are integrated directly with the court’s electronic filing system.

Thank you

All the organizations listed below contributed to the first version of Court Forms Online. It would not exist without their help.

Accessibility

The font family used on Court Forms Online is Atkinson Hyperlegible, developed by the Braille Institute to improve legibility, and readability—especially for low-vision readers—through clear, distinctive letters and numbers.