| Civil court filings pertain to documentation for all civil | | | | whether an individual or a company is involved in any |
| court cases, which are roughly defined as all cases | | | | kind of litigation. The civil court filing papers include all |
| that are non-criminal in nature. These records are also | | | | the forms that you fill out before you are allowed to |
| those that govern private citizens and are to be | | | | file a formal case. This also includes all other |
| distinguished from international law and military law as | | | | documentation that is required for the pre-trial and |
| well. | | | | post-trial as well as the actual trial proceedings. |
| Civil court filings are those with less than ten | | | | Acquiring civil court filing documents is especially |
| thousand dollars involved, while cases that deal with | | | | relevant if you want to contest a court decision and |
| more than this amount are usually tried at the | | | | need information regarding similar cases that have |
| Supreme Court. For those cases with less than five | | | | been decided on in the past. |
| thousand dollars at stake, the magistrate will be the | | | | If you visit the websites of various civil courts, you |
| one responsible for deciding if this can be tried at a | | | | will be able to request for records online. This is |
| small claims court. Civil documents are divided into | | | | especially convenient if you want to compare how |
| several groups depending on the different laws that | | | | compliant a certain case has been to actual civil court |
| they fall under. | | | | rules and procedures. You can easily search online |
| Civil Court Document Categories | | | | databases either by name or by the numbers of the |
| Cases dealing with contracts, damage to property | | | | civil filings that you are looking for. |
| and personal injury all fall under general civil court | | | | Filings available online are also excellent resources for |
| filings. Family civil records cover those about divorce, | | | | law students, paralegals and other legal assistants |
| child support, child custody and alimony. Juvenile filings | | | | who may not have the time or the means to |
| are those about juvenile delinquency or individuals | | | | retrieve the actual public documents. Some websites |
| committing crimes under the age of 18 as well as | | | | even offer concise summaries of the cases, which |
| juvenile dependency or those cases involving child | | | | also aid in saving time and effort in getting the |
| abuse. | | | | needed information. |
| If you are renting or leasing a place, then this will fall | | | | Getting these records online also gives you the |
| under landlord or tenant civil filings. Probate civil court | | | | chance to read through the opinions and analyses of |
| records refer to those cases that deal with personal | | | | lawyers and judges which can be generalized for |
| affairs including adoption, name changes, guardianship, | | | | most cases. Although civil court laws will differ from |
| transferring an estate and determining inheritance | | | | state to state, there are still some basic tenets and |
| through a will. | | | | procedures that can be applied for all filings. |
| One reason for obtaining civil filings is for determining | | | | |