About DIY Forms
Available Programs
DIY News
Document Assembly Programs Best Practice Guide

About DIY Forms

DIY Forms are free and easy guided step by step computer programs that ask the litigant a series of questions then use the answers to prepare personalized court forms that are ready to serve and file. Some programs identify issues and produce information sheets. The New York State Courts Access to Justice Program oversees the development of these programs in an effort to help unrepresented litigants navigate the court system.

DIY Forms are available on the internet on CourtHelp and in many courthouse clerk's offices and help centers throughout the state.

Available Programs (see CourtHelp)

Programs for Supreme Court

Adult Name Change Petition Program   Flyer

Programs for Family Court   Flyer

Paternity Petition Program   Flyer

Petición de Paternidad   Flyer
(Paternity Petition Program in Spanish)

Support Enforcement/Violation Petition Program

Support Modification Petition Program   Flyer
Spanish Flyer

Programs for Surrogate's Court

Small Estate Affidavit Program   Flyer

Article 17-A Guardianship Petition Program   Flyer

Safe Deposit Box Petition Program

Programs for District, City, Town & Village Courts   Flyer

Small Property Owner Nonpayment Petition Program   Flyer

Tenant Vacate Default Judgment Program   Flyer

Programs for New York City Civil Court   Flyer

Adult Name Change Petition Program   Flyer

Minor Name Change Petition Program

Affidavit to Vacate a Default Judgment in a Consumer Debt Case

Programs for New York City Housing Court   Flyer

Nonpayment Answer Program

Programa de Respuestas para Demandas por Incumplimiento del Pago del Alquiler
(Nonpayment Answer Program Spanish)

Small Property Owner Nonpayment Petition Program   Flyer

Tenant Affidavit to Vacate a Default Judgment   Flyer

Roommate Holdover Program

Tenant Affidavit to Restore Case to Calendar

DIY News

Read about the new Safe Deposit Box Petition DIY Form program for Surrogate's Court, the latest recipients of the DIY Star Award, the new NYC Tenant Affidavit to Restore Case to Calendar program, the new Spanish language features added to the Family Court Enforcement/Violation Petition program and the Outside NYC Tenant Vacate Default Judgment DIY Form programs, and the new tenant holdover guide for outside NYC, on the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program News page.

Document Assembly Programs Best Practice Guide

The New York State Courts Access to Justice Program has published a Document Assembly Programs Best Practices Guide for Court System Development and Implementation Using A2J Author. The Guide is a tool for other court systems interested in producing self-help document assembly programs that generate court forms for low-income unrepresented litigants.