Although it is usually best to have a lawyer talk to you about the details of your case, there are free forms you can find to help you. Beware of the websites that try to sell you forms. Some sites will sell you forms that you can get for free from the court clerk, and you might find that you have paid a lot of money for forms that you don't know how to fill out.

(This is what our programs look like.  Created with A2J Author software.)

LawNY created some online programs that ask you questions to help you fill out forms. You can find those forms on LawHelp/NY.

The New York courts have created online programs that can help you fill out legal forms, too. Some of these "DIY" programs were made with LawNY's help. See a full list here, on NY CourtHelp. (link) The programs you can find there include these:

Family Court Paternity Petition Program
Family Court Support Modification Petition Program
Surrogate's Court Small Estate Affidavit Program
Supreme Court Adult Name Change Petition Program

There are a lot of court forms that you can download and print out from the CourtHelp website. (link)

More about our online programs:

The New York State Unified Court System partnered with Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY), Legal Services NYC, LawHelp/NY, and Pro Bono Net in a project which was funded by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and the State Justice Institute (SJI). The Chicago-Kent College of Law provides the A2J Author® software used to create these programs, and the National Public Automated Documents Online (NPADO) Project of Pro Bono Net provides servers and Internet support.

A2J Author®, created by The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), is provided at no cost to courts and legal services organizations.  HotDocs® server software licensed by Lexis-Nexis® automatically assembles the forms and instructions into printable documents.