What is the Court Help Center?

The Ninth Judicial District Court Help Center employs a staff attorney and a court analyst to provide free court and procedural information to the public. They are neutral parties who cannot give legal advice or tell you the best way to handle your case.

The Help Center staff can provide information about the Supreme Court on the following topics:

• how to commence cases
• how to answer cases
• basics of filling out court forms
• court procedure
• referrals to appropriate state agencies and community organizations
• finding the appropriate court

Location, Hours & Directions

Westchester County Courthouse
111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 9th Floor
White Plains, N.Y.10601.
(914) 824-5457
Staffed M-F
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m; 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Directions

Services

Court Help Center On Site Services:

• Staff trained to help litigants navigate their way through the
  courts
• Simplified sample legal forms
• Uncontested divorce packets
• Information about available legal resources
• Procedures described and simplified

Staff

Director, Court Help Center
J. Marshall Mangold, Esq.

Assistant Court Analyst
Adeline Dailey

Forms

1. Uncontested Matrimonial Packet
2. Contempt of Court
3. Affidavit in Support of Motion for Contempt
4. Order to Show Cause for Money Judgment
5. Affidavit in Support of Motion for Money Judgment
6. Order to Show Cause for Temporary Relief
7. Affidavit in Support of Motion for Temporary Relief
8. Order to Show Case to Vacate Default Judgement
9. Affidavit in Support of Order to Show Case to Vacate Default Judgment

Miscellaneous Forms:

1. Request for Judicial Intervention
2. Affidavit in Opposition and Cross Motion
3. Affidavit in Support of Motion/Order to Show Cause
4. Answer Verification
5. Notice of Motion for Civil Proceeding
6. Order to Show Cause
7. Order to Show Cause with Temporary Restraining Order
8. Summons
9. Summons with Notice

Withdrawal of Infant's Funds:

1. Petition for the Partial Withdrawal of an Infant's Funds
2. Acknowledged Consent of an Infant to the Withdrawal of His/Her Funds
3. Order for the Partial Withdrawal of an Infant's Funds
   

Links

Court Help (http://www.nycourts.gov/courthelp/index.html) - This site provides an easy way to find and use New York's courts for individuals without lawyers. Court Help contains:

• Courthouse Information
• Court jurisdictional guides and facts
• Cort forms and answers to common questions
• Law library locations and links to law research sites
• lawyer referral contacts and links to other legal services
• A court administrator directory

Court Forms and Filings Fees

9th JD Public Access Court Libraries: Services and Locations

Library Services

Library Locations:

Dutchess County
Supreme Court Law Library
50 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 486-2215

Orange County
Supreme Court Law Library
Orange County Government Center
255-275 Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 291-3138

Putnam County
Supreme Court Law Library
20 County Center
Carmel, NY 10512
(845) 208-7804

Rockland County
Supreme Court Law Library
Rockland County Courthouse
1 South Main Street, Suite 235
New City, NY 10956
(845) 638-5396

Westchester County
Supreme Court Law Library
Westchester County
111 Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr. Blvd., 9th Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 824-5660

Other Links:

Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (http://lshv.org/)

Law Help (http://lawhelp.org/ny/) - this site is to assist low-income New Yorkers find legal resources and contains self-help information on a variety of topics.

Westchester County Bar Association (http://www.wcbany.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=93)

Dutchess County Bar Association (http://www.dutchesscountybar.org/lawyer-referral-service)

Orange County Bar Association (http://www.orangecountybarassociation.org/)

Putnam County Bar Association
Telephone: (845) 225-4904

Rockland Bar Association (http://rocklandbar.org/)

The New York State Library (http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/)

New York State Department of Health (http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/) - provides directions for obtaining birth certificates, death certificates, marriage and divorce records, as well as genealogy information.

New York Senate (http://www.nysenate.gov/) - contains pending bills and legislation in the Senate.

New York State Assembly (http://assembly.state.ny.us/) - contains New York State Laws, pending bills and legislation in the Assembly.