DocketBuddy Public Guides

Check a case status, date, amount, or record

Check official records, compare published figures, perform transparent arithmetic, and organize information without creating an account.

Built for a check you can finish

Each tool returns a concrete record, comparison, calculation, date, or organizer and keeps the method and source visible.

Immediate resultPrimary sources linkedScope stated on every toolUseful next step

Start with the situation

Build a one-minute starting roadmap

Choose the closest situation and get first moves, records to gather, source-linked state information, and questions for licensed review.

Bankruptcy

Property, income, collection pressure, or filing process.

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Immigration

USCIS status, agency notice, priority date, or process overview.

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Divorce & family

Opening stage, parenting, finances, or court papers.

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Disability benefits

Application, denial, hearing, or evidence gaps.

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Estate planning

First plan, life change, incapacity, or complex property.

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Probate

First days, simplified estate, administration, or dispute.

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Personal injury

Recent incident, insurer request, public entity, or losses.

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Workers' compensation

New injury, claim decision, treatment, or hearing.

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Eviction & housing

Notice, court date, emergency event, or conditions.

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Focused calculators, checks, and organizers

Finish one concrete task

Immigration

Official case information, agency processing data, published cutoff dates, and process context.

Official record

USCIS Case Status Checker

Check one or more USCIS receipt numbers against the official USCIS case-status service.

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Source-linked

USCIS Processing Times

Review agency-published processing-time estimates by form and service center.

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Source-linked

Visa Bulletin Date Comparison

Compare an entered priority date with a displayed Department of State cutoff date.

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Source-linked

Immigration Process Overview

View common agency milestones, forms, and source context for a selected general category.

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Bankruptcy

Published income figures and transparent arithmetic for organizing property information.

Source-linked

Chapter 7 Published Income Comparison

Compare an entered monthly estimate with the published U.S. Trustee Program figure for a state and household size.

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Arithmetic

Bankruptcy Home Equity Worksheet

Organize a home-value estimate, secured balances, selling-cost estimate, and an optional user-supplied exemption reference amount.

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Disability benefits

Published Social Security timing rules and private organizers for work and evidence information.

Source-linked

Social Security Appeal Date Calculator

Add the published 60-day appeal period to an entered receipt date or to SSA's five-day receipt presumption.

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Private organizer

SSDI Work Capacity Timeline

Privately organize changes in work and daily function for an application, appeal, or representative conversation.

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Private organizer

SSDI Evidence Organizer

Privately organize work, medical, notice, and daily-function information commonly used in the disability process.

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Divorce & family

Neutral calendar arithmetic that does not select a schedule or determine support.

Arithmetic

Parenting Time Overnight Calculator

Count entered overnight date ranges across a selected period and display the arithmetic split between two households.

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Probate

Private organizers for the property, records, and operating facts that can remain after a death.

Private organizer

Estate Property Continuity Organizer

Privately organize access, occupants, authority records, insurance, repairs, income, expenses, notices, and open questions for a home or rental property after a death.

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State rule lookups

Check the rule that changes the workflow

Choose a practice, then a state. Published pages lead with the current reference point, governing source, verification date, and the facts that can change the answer.

Bankruptcy exemptions

Homestead, vehicle, wildcard, and state-or-federal system rules.

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Divorce timing and support

Waiting periods, residency, support guidelines, and calculation methods.

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Estate and inheritance taxes

Current state estate-tax and inheritance-tax treatment.

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Probate deadlines and small estates

Creditor timing, notice procedure, and simplified-estate rules.

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Personal injury rules

Filing periods, government notice, fault rules, and damages-cap posture.

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Workers' compensation deadlines

Employer-notice and claim-filing rules by state.

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How tools earn a place here

A narrow job, an auditable method

The useful output

Every utility must answer a concrete question through an official record, published figure, transparent formula, calendar count, or private organizer.

When the result needs context

The result identifies any fact, local procedure, or judgment call that still needs a lawyer’s review.