Private preparation tool

Prepare a preliminary-conference review checklist

Organize general readiness questions before a matrimonial preliminary conference. Review the result against the current conference notice, assigned part rules, the current statewide order, any local addendum, and qualified legal or court-help guidance.

Private by design: Nothing entered here is uploaded, transmitted, or saved by this tool. Do not enter names, addresses, children’s identities, case numbers, financial amounts, account information, allegations, evidence, private communications, or document text.

Important legal limit: This organizer does not determine whether a conference is required, what issues or relief to request, whether disclosure is complete, how support should be calculated, what a judge may order, or whether a form, addendum, deadline, appearance, filing, service, settlement, or evidence requirement has been satisfied.

Local worksheet labelConference status being reviewed

Readiness checks I confirmed the court, county, assigned part, conference date or status, appearance method, and current notice outside this tool. I identified the general status of pleadings, service, appearances, existing orders, and representation without entering case details here. I identified financial-disclosure and discovery categories that require private review without entering amounts, account data, tax data, or document text here. I organized general issue categories—such as parenting, support, property, interim relief, discovery, settlement, mediation, access, or another topic—without selecting a legal position or remedy. I rechecked the current statewide preliminary-conference order, any county or part addendum, assigned part rules, and current official instructions. Safety, address confidentiality, interpreter, disability access, remote appearance, transportation, child-care, and technology questions have been reviewed or listed for help.

Unresolved review questions

Complete the checks to prepare a local preliminary-conference review checklist.

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