Judicial Council Forms provide you with an easy "check-the-box" format and are available for many civil, family law and criminal cases. Start with "pleading paper." Download a Microsoft Word template for pleading paper. "Pleading paper" is the term for legal-format paper, with numbers down the side. Use the Pleading Format Toolbar to correctly format your pleading: Format body text, indented quotes, insert footnotes, add multi-level headings. Click the attachments below to download. Click the attachments below to download. When a translation is complete, you assume the risk of any inaccuracies, errors or other problems encountered. If there is not a California or Local Court form to fit your situation, you will need to draft your own pleading or motion on pleading paper. NAME OF PLAINTIFF,. Plaintiff,. vs.