a system and method for assisting self - represented litigants , their agents , or attorneys in completing legal forms for a variety of issues , namely , an interactive forms processing system and method comprising a rules - based , on - line question and answer session that determines the form or forms needed for a particular application , completes those forms consistently and accurately , and allows them to be printed and / or optionally filed in the appropriate court , over a wide area network such as the internet or other tcp / ip transport .