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Administrative Hearings and Appeals
Work and Employment Law
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Administrative hearings about labor, employment, benefits, licensing, have specific requirements and deadlines. This topic covers how the hearing will work, what to bring, and what outcomes may result, as well as how to seek judicial review.

linkFiling A Notice of Appeal of a Labor Commissioner DecisionlinkWrit of Mandate for Unemployment Benefits LEARN MORE
Adoption
Family
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This topic includes adopting a child or adult, challenging an adoption, and other family members' rights around an adoption.

linkAdult AdoptionlinkTerminating Parental Rights LEARN MORE
Appealing a Court’s Judgment
Courts and Procedure
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When you can appeal, when to use a writ instead, how to start an appeal, how to respond to an appeal from the other side, and the process through written briefs and oral argument.

linkAppeals: Starting Your Civil Appeal LEARN MORE
Bankruptcy
Money Debt and Consumer Issues
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This topic covers the options regarding filing for bankruptcy, dealing with bankruptcy procedure, and the possible outcomes of a bankruptcy.

linkMotion to Pay Judgment in Installments: Requesting Installment PaymentslinkCredit reportslinkAm I Judgment Proof? LEARN MORE
Birth Certificates and Identity Documents
Family
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About getting certificates, cards, licenses, and other official documentation to prove something about yourself or someone else.

linkAdult AdoptionlinkDelayed Birth, Marriage, and Death CertificateslinkCorrecting mis-matched names on identity documents LEARN MORE
Building Contractors and Construction Problems
Money Debt and Consumer Issues
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This topic covers issues that a consumer might have with shoddy construction work, incomplete construction, or other issues with a contractor's work or representations about what work they would do. This could include fraud by the contractor.

linkMechanics Liens: Placing and Releasing Contractors ClaimslinkPetition to Remove Mechanics’ LienlinkTrees and Plants in the Neighborhood LEARN MORE
Child Custody, Parenting Plans, Visitation and Support
Family
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This topic covers creating and modifying custody, visitation, and child support orders

linkChild Custody and VisitationlinkChild Support BasicslinkEmancipation of ChildrenlinkTerminating Parental Rights LEARN MORE
Conservatorship of an Adult – Person and Estate
Guardianship and Conservatorship
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Dealing with Government Agencies and Rules
Administrative Law
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Debt, Debt Collection, Repossessions, Garnishment
Courts and Procedure
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This topic covers issues around creditors and debt collectors trying to collect on outstanding loans or debts. This includes taking personal property, wages, liens against real property, freezes on a bank account, or other. Options, rights, strategies, and exemptions for debtors facing collection. The repossession of an automobile, in which a lender or leasing company takes a vehicle back after the owner misses a payment.

linkExemption from the Enforcement of JudgmentslinkResponding to a Debt Collection Lawsuit (Answer-Contract)linkBank LevylinkClaim of Exemption – Bank LevylinkReclamo De Exención — Embargo de Banco (Claim of Exemption — Bank Levy)linkWage GarnishmentlinkClaim of Exemption: Wage GarnishmentlinkHomestead Declaration: Protecting the Equity in Your HomelinkMotion to Pay Judgment in Installments: Requesting Installment PaymentslinkCheck your credit report free now once per weeklinkAuto RepossessionlinkCredit reportslinkFair Debt Collection ActlinkAm I Judgment Proof?linkTraffic CourtlinkShould I Answer? LEARN MORE
Divorce, Separation, and Annulment
Family
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This topic covers filing for divorce, separation, or annulment, as well as spousal support.

linkFamily Law: Service by Publication or PostinglinkAnnulments LEARN MORE
Enforcing a Court’s Judgment
Courts and Procedure
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A party who wins a lawsuit can enforce the judgment -- using wage garnishment, bank levies, liens, and other methods to compel payment by the other party. The defendant or "creditor" can claim certain exemptions from collection.

linkEnforcement of JudgmentslinkExemption from the Enforcement of JudgmentslinkAbstract of JudgmentlinkBank LevylinkClaim of Exemption – Bank LevylinkDebtor’s ExaminationlinkMemorandum of Costs after JudgmentlinkRenewal of JudgmentlinkSatisfaction of JudgmentlinkRequest a Default Judgment by CourtlinkRequest a Default Judgment by Clerk LEARN MORE
Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts, and Alternatives
Estates Wills and Trusts
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Plans that a person can make for what will happen with their property and responsibilities after they die. It includes topics of how property will be divided among spouses, family members, and other interested parties -- and how wills can be written in valid ways in order to spell out a specific plan.

linkPower of AttorneylinkTransfer on Death (TOD) Deed: Naming Beneficiaries and Revoking TOD DeedslinkKeeping Your House Out of ProbatelinkAffidavit for Collection of Personal Property (Small Estate Affidavit)linkCalifornia’s Transfer on Death deed: One option to avoid probate on your home LEARN MORE
Eviction and Landlord-Tenant Issues
Courts and Procedure
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This topic covers how courts work when hearing an eviction (or unlawful detainer) lawsuit between a landlord and a tenant. This includes the rules, processes, options, and other procedural issues that people may need to understand to protect themselves during this kind of court proceeding.

linkSecurity Deposits LEARN MORE
Free Legal Research Online
Legal Research
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This topic covers websites, apps, and other online tools that can help a person deal with a legal problem or to find services that can help them

linkCalifornia Legislative HistorylinkCalifornia Primary LawlinkFederal Primary LawlinkFinding People and BusinesseslinkJury InstructionslinkReading Citations LEARN MORE
Guardianship of a Child – Person and Estate
Guardianship and Conservatorship
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This topic is about the process and consequences of getting a guardianship of a child (under age 18), contesting one, changing one, and ending one. This includes situations where the child has an estate that is contested or uncontested, where the child has no estate, where there is a temporary or standby situation, and where there is a Guardian ad Litem (in court representation).

linkClearing Probate Calendar Notes for Guardianship or ConservatorshiplinkAclarar las Notas de Calendario en un caso de Tutela (Clearing Probate Notes in a Guardianship Case)linkDeclaration of Diligent Search: Guardianship-Dispensing with Notice to Missing RelativelinkDeclaración de búsqueda: tutela (Declaration of Diligent Search: Guardianship)linkCaring for Another’s Child: Caregiver’s Authorization AffidavitlinkEmancipation of ChildrenlinkExtra notice of hearing requirement in probate cases: Zoom videoconference information LEARN MORE
Identity Theft
Money Debt and Consumer Issues
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This topic covers problems that may occur when a person's information is used by someone else to make purchases, get credit cards, rent a home, or steal tax refunds.

linkIdentity Theft LEARN MORE
Legal Research Databases at the Law Library
Legal Research
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Mortgages, Foreclosures, and Liens
Housing
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This topic includes issues that a homeowner might have with taking out a mortgage, finding support and opportunities, dealing with scams, keeping up on their obligations, and understanding their options if problems arise.

linkHomestead Declaration: Protecting the Equity in Your HomelinkMotion for Disbursement of Surplus Funds After ForeclosurelinkPetition to Remove Mechanics’ LienlinkReverse Mortgages LEARN MORE
Name or Gender Change
Family
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This topic covers the process of changing one's name and/or gender assignment by court order or other procedures, such as through marriage or by changing your gender marker on your birth certificate or driver's license without a court order.

linkUnderstanding the Confidential Name Change Process in SacramentolinkUnderstanding the Name Change Process in SacramentolinkCorrecting mis-matched names on identity documents LEARN MORE
Pardons and Expungement, Sealing Criminal Record
Crime and Prisons
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People who have completed their sentence and probation may have options to reduce the effects of those convictions by expunging (dismissing) them, sealing their records, seeking a pardon, and other methods.

linkCertificate of Rehabilitation: Cleaning Up Felony Convictions when Expungement Is Not AvailablelinkExpungement (Cleaning up a Criminal Record): Understanding Sacramento Court’s Expungement PacketlinkClearing Your Criminal Background LEARN MORE
Powers of Attorney
Crime and Prisons
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How to get, maintain, implement, and deal with issues of Powers of Attorney.

linkPower of Attorney LEARN MORE
Procedures and Evidence: Appearing in Court
Courts and Procedure
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Issues arising when a person may have to go to court to deal with a dispute or violation. This includes the specific procedures to expect for specific kinds of cases, as well as general rules about court procedure to know.

linkTentative rulings: pro per litigants beware LEARN MORE
Protection from Abuse: Restraining Orders
Crime and Prisons
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This topic covers options for people dealing with harassment and abuse, including getting protective orders, enforcing them, understanding abuse, reporting abuse, and getting resources and status if there is abuse.

linkCivil Harassment Restraining OrderlinkUnderstanding the Confidential Name Change Process in SacramentolinkTypes of Restraining Orders LEARN MORE
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