Michigan Legal Help

Have you faced eviction or debt collection in Michigan and got a default judgment? (This means you missed court and the judge decided the case without you.)

Were you evicted by the sheriff and never went to court?

Have you had money taken from your paycheck, bank account, or tax refund for an unpaid debt?

We want to hear about your experience to try to make the process more fair. Get a $20 gift card for a 30-minute interview. Your personal details will stay private in our reports.

Click the link below to fill out the interest form.

Interest form (link is external)

Do-It-Yourself Fee Waiver

Use this tool to prepare a form to ask the court to waive or suspend the filing fees and other costs in your case. If you receive public assistance, or are unable to pay the fees and costs in your case, the court can decide to let you file without paying. You will go to the MLH-Forms website to do this. When you are done answering the questions, your finished forms will be ready for you to print.

Start a new Fee Waiver Form (link is external)
Go back to a form you started before August 28, 2024 (link is external)
Go back to a form you started on or after August 28, 2024 (link is external)

Our forms are always free. For more information about making and accessing forms, go to Using Online Forms: How to Log In, Get Saved Answers, and Find Forms.