waiver packet

Check Whether You Qualify for a Filing Fee Waiver — Free

Paste your income and household figures against the published guideline, and see which waiver items your figures support.

The proof surface

Waivers are decided on a form and a guideline figure. Laying the reader's own numbers beside the guideline they quote shows whether the form is worth filing before the fee is due.

Inputyour income, household size and the guideline figure you are comparing against

Rare deviceplaces the reader's own income and household size against the guideline amounts they supply, rather than quoting a threshold

Output artifacta packet cover with the income comparison boxed and each requirement marked

Cost$0 · local-first · one free run · samples labelled

Sample, not your facts: Sample: income $1,420 plus $238 benefit, household of three, guideline $2,340, savings $310, rent $860 — four concrete points across four types.

Why the flat version breaks

Not filing at all

Many people pay a filing fee they would not have owed because the waiver form looked complicated and the deadline was close.

Using gross income only

Guidelines usually work from net income plus benefits for the household, so a gross-only comparison understates or overstates eligibility.

Missing outgoings

Rent, childcare and utility costs support a hardship argument even where the headline figure sits just above the guideline.

How to work the waiver packet

List the figures

Income lines, household size and the guideline amount you are comparing against.

Enter totals

Your declared income and the guideline for your household size.

Read the cover

The comparison is boxed at the top; requirement items carry a tick or an open box.

File it with the case

Submit the waiver with the claim rather than waiting; a decision on the fee does not hold up the case.

What the packet replaces

Question	Before	On the cover
Do I qualify	read the form twice	income beside the guideline you quote
What to attach	guess from the form	requirement items marked present or open
When to file	after the fee is due	file the waiver with the case papers

Eligibility rules vary by court; the packet compares the figures you supply and lists what the form asks for, nothing more.

Run it on the samples, right here

FIRST-LOAD

Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the waiver packet: your income and household figures stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.

Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a stapled evidence packet

The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 6 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.

The packet and the comparison are free. The paid layer prints the waiver form checklist and keeps the evidence list.

Open the fee waiver receipt companion

Boundary

This waiver packet works only on the income, household and guideline figures you paste you paste. It does not give legal advice, does not decide eligibility, and does not complete the court form for you. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the court office or a local legal advice service when the form is unfamiliar before you rely on it.

What this is built on

Every figure comes from the income, household and guideline figures you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
Method: declared income is compared with the guideline you supply; requirements are matched against your own lines
Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.

Before: the reader assumed they would have to find the fee. After: they can see their income sits under the guideline for their household size.