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Court Fee Calculation & Guide Generation

Objective

Attorneys litigating across multiple Brazilian jurisdictions must calculate and pay court fees—such as initial filing fees, appeal preparation fees, postage/return fees for records, and diligence expenses—for every procedural act. The amounts and the payment forms vary because:

  1. Court system – State Courts, Federal Courts, and Labor Courts each follow distinct legislation or regulatory schedules.

  2. Specific court and state – Calculation brackets and rates differ among the 27 State Courts of Justice, the Regional Federal Courts (TRFs), and the Regional Labor Courts (TRTs).

  3. Type of procedural act – Filing a complaint, lodging an appeal, requesting postal service of process, issuing a writ, and so on all trigger different fees.

Manual handling forces lawyers to consult numerous fee tables, select the proper payment form (e.g., GARE-ICMS, GRERJ, GRU, DARF-JUD), and input the correct collection codes. Mistakes can result in over- or under-payment, wasted effort, or even rejection of the pleading.

Our Client

This solution serves civil and labor litigation teams within corporate legal departments, full-service law firms operating across multiple jurisdictions, docketing and filing departments responsible for procedural submissions and court-fee management, and legal operations groups in large organizations with high-volume litigation.

Solution

Our Court Fees Form Generator integrates with the Looplex Cases and Looplex Builder modules to automate the entire workflow:

  • Pulls the amount in controversy (or the court-approved value) directly from the case record.

  • Determines, from the contextual content of the pleading or motion (e.g., initial complaint, appeal brief, motion to enforce judgment), which fees apply to that act.

  • Looks up an internal regulatory database to compute court fees, appeal preparation costs, postage, and diligence expenses for the correct court and jurisdiction.

  • Selects the appropriate payment form (GRU, GARE, GRERJ, DARF-JUD, etc.) and autofills all mandatory fields—collection codes, taxpayer ID, reference period, and calculated amounts.

  • Produces a ready-to-pay PDF of the completed form and attaches it to the case dossier, while storing metadata in Looplex Content for downstream e-filing.

By removing repetitive tasks, the solution cuts calculation errors, accelerates filing, and frees legal teams to focus on higher-value work.