Self-Help Forms

This video explains how to use the A2J Author® software program to submit interactive self-help legal forms:

The following forms are available:

• Child support

  • Application for Child Support Services for Kentucky - This interactive form helps you create documents to take to the Office of Child Support Enforcement to either learn about their programs or to ask them to assist in a child support matter in which they have previously assisted.

  • Motion to Modify Child Support for Kentucky - This interactive form helps you create documents to change your child support order.

  • Child Support Calculator - This interactive form helps you calculate your child support amount.

• Collection Agency "Stop Contact" Letter - The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act gives you the right to send a letter to a collection agency telling them to stop contacting you. This form helps you create a "stop contact" letter.

• Criminal Record Expungement - Interactive forms are available for free to low income individuals seeking a criminal record expungement in Kentucky.

• Divorce

  • Self-Help Divorce Forms

  • Selected Jefferson County Forms - These may be useful if you have been granted a divorce in Louisville-Jefferson County AND are interested in contempt orders or in modifying child custody, primary residence, child support, and visitation.

• Domestic Violence Petition - An online interview to help you fill out the necessary forms to get a Domestic Violence Order in Kentucky.

• Earned Income Tax Credits for Low-Income Working Kentuckians. See whether you may be eligible for money from the federal government.

• In Forma Pauperis (Waiver of Court and Service Fees) - An interactive form that will produce the documents needed to request a waiver of filing fees from the court.

• Landlord/Tenant

  • Security Deposit Demand Letter - An easy to use interactive form that will produce a letter addressed to your previous landlord demanding the return of your security deposit.

  • Sample Letters to Landlord - Letters you can fill out and send to your landlord to address problems with security deposits, eviction, utility service shut-off, etc.

• Living Wills - An interactive form to help you complete your own Living Will expressing your wishes about what end of life medical treatment you want to receive.

• Name Change Petition - An interactive form to help you change your name or the name of your child(ren) in Kentucky.

• Small Claims - Interactive court forms for Small Claims cases are now available for free to low income individuals.

• Veteran's Application for Compensation and/or Pension - An interactive form to help veterans applying for pension or disability benefits.