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Vermont Organize documents copy: use complaint example and explain optional certified/courtesy copies #169

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Partner testing feedback

Vermont LITEFile testing on a laptop in Chrome:

  • @VTskier Change Choose the document that starts this filing, like a petition. Upload order does not matter. to Choose the document that starts this filing, like a complaint. Upload order does not matter. for the Vermont experience.
  • @VTskier The Certified copy and courtesy email section is not self-explanatory to a filer who does not know whether either is required. Add framing such as If you want a certified copy or courtesy email for your filing so it is clear these are optional requests.

Code check / feasibility

Both pieces of copy are currently hard-coded in efile_app/efile/templates/efile/organize_documents.html, so this is a small front-end/configuration change.

Because “petition” may still be the better example in another jurisdiction or case type, prefer configurable help text/examples rather than a global Vermont-specific replacement.

The optional-services implementation already distinguishes required services from optional services, so explanatory copy can be added without changing filing payload behavior.

Acceptance criteria

  1. Vermont uses complaint as the example of a document that starts a filing.
  2. The certified-copy/courtesy-email section clearly tells users that these are options they may request, not steps they must complete.
  3. Other jurisdictions can keep different terminology through configuration.
  4. No change is made to the underlying optional-service or courtesy-email payload semantics.

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