Court & Hearings
Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
This Easy Form helps you ask the appellate court to waive or reduce filing fees. Based on your income, expenses, and the value of your belongings, you may be able to file court papers for free or at a reduced cost.
The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.
Learn more about filing court papers for free or at a reduced cost.This program will help you make your court forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed court forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.
Form completion time: 10 minutes to 15 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The interview and forms are in English.
Can I use this program?
To use this program, you must be unable to pay the court fees in your appeal.
What do I need first?
To use this program, you will need to know:
- The public benefits that you get,
- Your income each month,
- Your income over the past 12 months,
- Your monthly expenses, and
- The value of your belongings.
You will also need to know information about the:
- Circuit court case, including case number, county, and judge, and
- Appellate court case for which you are requesting a fee waiver, including appellate district and who filed the appeal.
You can find information about the cases on other court papers you have about this case.
What documents will this create?
This program prepares the following forms. The forms you get will depend on your answers.
- How to Request an Appellate Court Fee Waiver
- Application for Waiver of Appellate Court Fees
- Order for Waiver of Appellate Court Fees
Please note your fee waiver does not need to be filed in-person, but can be e-filed, mailed, or filed through other means allowed by your local court.
Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
