Money & Debt

Worried about doing this on your own?  You may be able to get free legal help.

Apply Online

The Big Picture

If someone claims that you owe them money, they can go to court and bring a lawsuit against you. If they win the case, the court will give them a judgment against you. A judgment is a court order…

More on Paying a judgment for a lawsuit
Emergency motion to claim exemption Easy Form
PRINT
Print this to take with you
QUICK EXIT
Internet usage can be tracked. Use this to leave this site immediately. Remember to clear your browser history to hide activity.

This program will help you prepare your documents. It will ask you questions and you will enter your answers. At the end of the program, you will get a completed set of court forms with instructions that you can save and print.

Form completion time: 10 minutes to 20 minutes

You will not be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

This program will help you avoid mistakes when filling out the court forms. Your case could be delayed if there are errors in your forms. If you want to download and print a PDF version, visit the the Illinois Courts Standardized State Forms website. Use Adobe Reader to fill in the PDF forms.

The button below takes you to another website to complete the guided interview. Learn more about Easy Forms.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program, a creditor must have filed a Citation to Discover Assets to freeze your bank accounts.

Note: This program does not work if your accounts have been frozen for unpaid child support or taxes.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need to know the:

  • Source of funds in your bank account,
  • Name and address of the bank that has your account,
  • Name and address of the judgment creditor or creditor's lawyer, and
  • Case number and filing county.
What documents will this create?

This program prepares the following forms. The forms you get will depend on your answers.

  • How to do an Emergency Motion to Claim Exemption
  • Emergency Motion to Claim Exemption
  • Notice of Court Date for Emergency Motion to Claim Exemption
  • Order on Emergency Motion to Claim Exemption

Easy Form program opens in a new tab or window.

Start program
Mobile-friendly
Last full review by a subject matter expert
July 22, 2019
Last revised by staff
May 24, 2020

Forms

Credit card or debt buyer affidavit for collection actions Blank form
A sample of the form that you can use to create your own version. Use this form if you are being sued for a credit card debt or if you are a debt buyer.
Identity theft affidavit - Credit card and debt buyer cases Blank form
Use this form to tell a judge that a lawsuit filed against you was because of identity theft.

Comments & Ratings

Rate
No votes yet

Only logged-in users can post comments.  Please log in or register if you want to leave a comment.  We do our best to reply to each comment. We can't give legal advice in the comments, so if you have a question or need legal help, please go to Get Legal Help.

Legal Comment

The Big Picture

If someone claims that you owe them money, they can go to court and bring a lawsuit against you. If they win the case, the court will give them a judgment against you. A judgment is a court order…

More on Paying a judgment for a lawsuit

Worried about doing this on your own?  You may be able to get free legal help.

Apply Online

Forms

Credit card or debt buyer affidavit for collection actions Blank form
A sample of the form that you can use to create your own version. Use this form if you are being sued for a credit card debt or if you are a debt buyer.
Identity theft affidavit - Credit card and debt buyer cases Blank form
Use this form to tell a judge that a lawsuit filed against you was because of identity theft.