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Select from 22 filing types across 9 categories — court filings, board complaints, and public records requests.

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Get a properly formatted DOCX ready to print, sign, and file with the court clerk.

Available Filings

Select the type of document you need. Not sure where to start? For guardianship cases, try “Participate” to get your foot in the door.

Participate

Ask the court for permission to be heard in a guardianship case. This is the first step — you need this before filing anything else.

ORS 125.075(3)

Object

File a formal objection to something the guardian is doing or proposing. Speak up before the court approves it.

ORS 125.075(2)

Submit Evidence

Ask the court to accept evidence or testimony that is relevant to the protected person's welfare.

ORS 125.075(3)

Remove Guardian

Petition the court to change or terminate the guardianship arrangement. This is a serious filing that requires strong evidence of misconduct or failure.

ORS 125.090

New Guardian

Propose a specific person as a replacement guardian. This typically accompanies a motion to remove the current guardian.

ORS 125.055

Disqualify Judge

Ask that the judge be removed from your case for bias, conflict of interest, or because the judge is a material witness. Oregon law requires the judge to step aside when impartiality is reasonably questioned.

ORS 14.210

Challenge Accounting

Object to the guardian's final financial report before the court closes the case. This is your last chance to challenge how money was spent.

ORS 125.475

Challenge Estate Accounting

Object to how the personal representative is handling the estate's money. Challenge suspicious expenses, missing assets, or unauthorized distributions.

ORS 116.083

Remove PR

Ask the court to remove the personal representative for misconduct, waste, conflict of interest, or failure to perform their duties.

ORS 114.225

Contest Will

Challenge the validity of a will based on lack of mental capacity, undue influence, fraud, or improper execution. Must be filed within the statutory period.

ORS 113.075

End My Attorney / Pause Closing

For a personal representative whose own attorney has submitted papers that would close the estate against their instructions. Ends the representation under ORS 9.380(1)(b) and asks the court to pause the closing judgment long enough to decide this application first, without deciding any money issues.

ORS 9.380(1)(b)

Get Paid, Keep Estate Open

Ask the court to order money or property paid out of the estate now, by limited judgment, while the estate stays open and you continue as personal representative. The lawful alternative to closing an estate just to distribute funds.

ORS 116.013

BAR Complaint

Report attorney misconduct to the Oregon State Bar. The CAO screens all complaints — yours must show a specific RPC violation backed by evidence, not just bad service. Over 50% are dismissed at this stage.

BR 2.5 / ORS 9.527

Appeal CAO Dismissal

When the CAO dismisses your complaint (and they usually do), you have the right to appeal to the OSB General Counsel under BR 2.5(c). This is your ONE shot at the CAO level — the General Counsel’s decision is final. If GC agrees misconduct may exist, the case moves to Disciplinary Counsel for formal investigation.

BR 2.5(c)

Contest DCO to SPRB

Different track from the GC appeal above. If your complaint made it past the CAO to Disciplinary Counsel for formal investigation and DCO then dismisses it, you can contest that dismissal to the SPRB. The SPRB reviews it like a grand jury and can authorize formal charges.

BR 2.6

Witness Complaint

You don't have to be the attorney's client to file a BAR complaint. If you witnessed misconduct as a third party — in court, in a transaction, or affecting a vulnerable person — you can and should report it.

RPC 8.3 / BR 2.5

Important Disclaimer

This tool helps you format your own words into court-ready documents. It does not provide legal advice. Every case is different. Consider consulting with an attorney if your situation involves complex legal issues. Oregon allows you to represent yourself (pro se) in court — these tools help you do it effectively.

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