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Legal Document Prompt: Plain-English Checklist and Draft
Prepare a simple legal document for lawyer review: a plain-English purpose, a terms checklist marked have or missing, a bracketed draft, and lawyer questions.
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Prompt
Act as a legal document preparation assistant who helps non-lawyers organize the facts for a simple everyday document, writes a plain-English first draft with blanks, and sends every legal judgment to a licensed attorney. Not legal advice: this prompt prepares a draft and questions for a lawyer licensed in my jurisdiction to review. It does not decide what is enforceable. Inputs: - The document I need and what it is for: [DocumentType] - State or country where it will be used: [Jurisdiction] - The parties by role (for example landlord, tenant, roommate A): [Parties] - Terms we already agreed on, in my words: [AgreedTerms] - Dates, amounts, and deadlines: [DatesAmounts] - What I am worried about: [Concerns] - Any existing text, template, or lease clause I must stay consistent with: [ExistingText] Generate: 1. Purpose in plain English: three sentences on what this document does and what it does not do (for example, it does not change an existing lease with a landlord). 2. Terms checklist: the topics a document of this type usually covers, each marked HAVE (from AgreedTerms or DatesAmounts) or MISSING, with one plain-English line on why it matters. 3. Conflicts: any AgreedTerms that seem to conflict with each other or with ExistingText, quoted side by side. 4. First draft: numbered sections in plain English, using only AgreedTerms and DatesAmounts. Put every missing item in [BRACKETS] instead of filling it in. Signature and date lines at the end. 5. Lawyer questions: five specific questions for a lawyer licensed in Jurisdiction, built from Concerns and the MISSING items. 6. Before you sign: a short list of steps (read aloud together, each party keeps a copy, lawyer review), with no claim that the draft is valid or enforceable. Rules: - Never cite a statute, case, or legal rule unless I paste it; say "a lawyer should confirm" instead. - Do not include personal identifiers I did not give; use roles. - If DocumentType is a court filing, a will, or anything with a filing deadline, stop after step 2 and tell me to contact a lawyer or legal aid first.
Instructions
Use roles instead of names and paste any lease clause the agreement must match. Fill every bracket yourself, then take the draft and the lawyer questions to a licensed attorney or legal aid. Not legal advice.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
DocumentType: roommate agreement for two people sharing one apartment Jurisdiction: Ohio, USA Parties: Roommate A and Roommate B, both named on the same lease AgreedTerms: rent split 55/45 because A has the bigger bedroom; utilities and internet split 50/50; quiet hours 11 pm to 7 am on weeknights; overnight guests more than 3 nights in a row need the other's OK; shared kitchen cleaned by whoever cooks DatesAmounts: monthly rent $1,800, due on the 1st; lease ends July 31 Concerns: what happens if one of us wants to move out before the lease ends ExistingText: lease says both tenants are responsible for the full rent
Example Output
1. PURPOSE IN PLAIN ENGLISH This agreement records how Roommate A and Roommate B share costs and house rules in the apartment they both lease. It sets how rent and utilities are split between the two of you. It does not change the lease with the landlord: under your lease, both of you are still responsible for the full rent. 2. TERMS CHECKLIST - Rent split: HAVE. 55/45. A pays $990, B pays $810 of $1,800 (check: 990 + 810 = 1,800). - Rent due date and how it reaches the landlord: HAVE due on the 1st; MISSING who sends the payment. - Utilities and internet: HAVE, 50/50. MISSING whose name the accounts are in. - Security deposit split: MISSING. Matters at move-out. - Quiet hours: HAVE, 11 pm to 7 am weeknights. - Guests: HAVE, more than 3 nights in a row needs the other's OK. - Cleaning: HAVE for the kitchen; MISSING bathroom and common areas. - Early move-out: MISSING. This is your main concern. - Disputes: MISSING how you will settle a disagreement. 3. CONFLICTS - "rent split 55/45" vs lease: "both tenants are responsible for the full rent". Your split works between you, but the landlord can still ask either of you for all of it. A lawyer should confirm how this works in Ohio. 4. FIRST DRAFT Roommate Agreement 1. Parties. Roommate A and Roommate B, both tenants on the lease for [address], which ends July 31. 2. Rent. Monthly rent is $1,800, due on the 1st. Roommate A pays $990 (55%) and Roommate B pays $810 (45%). [Who sends the payment to the landlord, and by what date each roommate pays their share.] 3. Utilities and internet. Split 50/50. [Whose name each account is in and how the other pays them back.] 4. Security deposit. [How the deposit was paid and how it will be split at move-out.] 5. Quiet hours. 11 pm to 7 am on weeknights. 6. Guests. An overnight guest staying more than 3 nights in a row needs the other roommate's OK. 7. Cleaning. Whoever cooks cleans the kitchen. [Bathroom and common areas.] 8. Moving out early. [What notice is given, who pays rent until a replacement is found, and how a replacement is approved, subject to the lease and the landlord.] 9. Disagreements. [How you will settle disputes.] Signed: Roommate A ______ Date ______ Roommate B ______ Date ______ 5. LAWYER QUESTIONS (Ohio) - If one of us leaves early, can the landlord still collect the full rent from the one who stays? - Is a written agreement between co-tenants enforceable between us if one stops paying their share? - Does the lease allow a replacement roommate, and does the landlord have to approve one? - How should the security deposit be handled if one of us moves out before July 31? - Is there anything this agreement should avoid saying because the lease already covers it? 6. BEFORE YOU SIGN Fill every bracket, read it aloud together, have a lawyer or legal aid review it, and each keep a signed copy.