Working with Drafts
You do not have to complete a filing in one sitting. The system lets you save your progress as a draft and come back to it later.
Saving a Draft
While working in the filing wizard, click Save Draft in the bottom bar at any time. The system saves all of your current selections -- court, case type, parties, documents, and fee preferences.
The first time you save, a new draft is created and assigned a filing number.
Subsequent saves update the same draft.
A toast notification confirms when the draft is saved.
Drafts are saved as filings with a status of DRAFT. They do not appear in your submitted filings list and are not visible to clerks.
Finding Your Drafts
You can access your drafts in two ways:
Drafts page -- Click Drafts in the sidebar. This page lists all your saved drafts, sorted by most recently updated.
Dashboard stat card -- The Drafts card on the dashboard shows how many drafts you have.
Each draft card shows:
Filing number
Whether it is a new case or existing case filing
Court and case type
Number of parties and documents added so far
Last updated date and time
Resuming a Draft
Click the Resume button on any draft card. The system opens the filing wizard with all your saved data pre-loaded. You can continue from where you left off -- editing parties, adding documents, or moving forward to submit.
Deleting a Draft
If you no longer need a draft, click the trash icon on the draft card. A confirmation dialog will appear because this action cannot be undone.
Deleting a draft permanently removes:
The draft filing record
All uploaded documents associated with that draft
All party information entered for that draft
Deleting a draft is permanent. There is no way to recover a deleted draft.
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