Practice
Tips
Using the Online Index to the State's Standard Court Forms
For a listing of the standard mandated forms,
attorneys should refer to the state's online indexes on the Circuit
Court Forms page. From that page, you can conduct a forms conceptual
search or view two listings of forms. But most important, that page
provides access to three important indexes:
- General, Criminal, Civil, Traffic, Small Claims, Family Forms Index;
- Juvenile Forms Index; and
- Probate Forms Index.
Click on any index to see a list of the standard, mandated forms. You
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader® to view the indexes and forms,
which you can download free from the Adobe Web
site.
The indexes are arranged in a table format with columns for the form
number, revision date, statute(s), name of form, and a brief description
of the form. New adopted forms are identified as "new" in the revision
date column of the forms indexes. If a form has been revised, its
revision date is included in this column. It is a good idea to
periodically review the indexes for new and revised forms.
You cannot access the forms directly from the indexes, so it is
helpful to print the index information for the form(s) that you need.
Once you have that information, go back to the Circuit Court Forms page,
and click on the selection "Forms Directory Listing," scroll through the
numeric list of all forms, and click on the appropriate form number to
access the form you need. Or, also on the Circuit Court Forms page,
click on the "Forms Listing By Name/Number/Category," then enter the
appropriate information in the search field(s).
All indexes and forms, except formal probate and guardianship forms,
are available in PDF format and Word fillable format. PDF format allows
viewing and printing, but not downloading to a computer. You will need
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the forms. By mid-August, all
forms also will be available in Microsoft Word® fillable format.
These forms are identified with a .doc extension. Users can download the
.doc forms to their personal computers where they can be saved, filled
in, and printed. Then simply file the paper document with the
appropriate court. The forms cannot be filed electronically.
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