Private preparation tool

Prepare a child-support hearing review checklist

Organize general questions to review against the current hearing notice, official New York Courts information, and qualified legal or court-help guidance. This tool does not calculate support or decide what evidence, form, claim, or result applies.

Private by design: Nothing entered here is uploaded, transmitted, or saved by this tool. Do not enter names, addresses, children’s identities, case or docket numbers, income or expense figures, account details, tax information, private communications, allegations, or document text.

Important legal limit: This organizer does not determine support eligibility, calculate child support, spousal support, maintenance, add-ons, arrears, or credits, predict a hearing result, select forms, decide whether evidence is sufficient, prepare testimony, or file, serve, submit, or contact anyone.

Local worksheet labelStage being reviewed

Review checks I confirmed the current hearing notice, date, location or remote format, and any county-specific instructions outside this tool. I identified the petition, summons, service record, existing order, objections, or other process documents that may need qualified review. I listed financial-disclosure and supporting-document questions without entering amounts, account information, tax data, or document text here. I identified whether the questions concern child support, spousal support, maintenance, an existing order, modification, enforcement, arrears, or another issue without assuming the legal category. Safety, address confidentiality, interpreter, disability-access, remote-appearance, transportation, and child-care questions have been reviewed or listed for help. I rechecked current official forms and instructions and listed unresolved legal questions for qualified help.

Unresolved review questions

Complete the checks to prepare a local hearing-review checklist.

Use the current hearing notice, current official New York Courts materials, and qualified legal, court-help, safety, accessibility, or interpreter guidance before acting.