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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.

Filing A Notice of Appeal of a Labor Commissioner Decision

Writ of Mandate for Unemployment Benefits

This topic includes adopting a child or adult, challenging an adoption, and other family members' rights around an adoption.

Adult Adoption

Terminating Parental Rights

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.

Appeals: Starting Your Civil Appeal

This topic covers the options regarding filing for bankruptcy, dealing with bankruptcy procedure, and the possible outcomes of a bankruptcy.

Motion to Pay Judgment in Installments: Requesting Installment Payments

Credit reports

Am I Judgment Proof?

About getting certificates, cards, licenses, and other official documentation to prove something about yourself or someone else.

Adult Adoption

Delayed Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates

Correcting mis-matched names on identity documents

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.

Mechanics Liens: Placing and Releasing Contractors Claims

Petition to Remove Mechanics’ Lien

Trees and Plants in the Neighborhood

This topic covers creating and modifying custody, visitation, and child support orders

Child Custody and Visitation

Child Support Basics

Emancipation of Children

Terminating Parental Rights

Discusses the steps necessary to begin, respond to, and prosecute a civil case.

Civil Rights: Section 1983

Filing a Complaint to Start a Civil Lawsuit in California

Jury Verdicts and Settlements

Responding to a Debt Collection Lawsuit (Answer-Contract)

Claim Opposing Forfeiture

Fee Waivers: Ask the Court to Waive or Lower the Cost of Fees

Injunction Against the DMV: Prevent Transfer of Title to Your Car

Calculating Personal Injury Damages

Limited Civil Case Status Memorandum

Claims against the government

Am I Judgment Proof?

What is legal malpractice?

What is medical malpractice?

Should I represent myself in court?

Should I Answer?

Tentative Rulings and Hearings in Sacramento Court

This topic is about getting a conservatorship of another adult's financial matters, when they are unable to make decisions for themselves.

Aclarar las Notas de Calendario en un caso de Tutela (Clearing Probate Notes in a Guardianship Case)

Renewing an LPS Conservatorship

Conservatorship

Determining Competency to Sign a Durable Power of Attorney

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.

Exemption from the Enforcement of Judgments

Responding to a Debt Collection Lawsuit (Answer-Contract)

Bank Levy

Claim of Exemption – Bank Levy

Reclamo De Exención — Embargo de Banco (Claim of Exemption — Bank Levy)

Wage Garnishment

Claim of Exemption: Wage Garnishment

Homestead Declaration: Protecting the Equity in Your Home

Motion to Pay Judgment in Installments: Requesting Installment Payments

Check your credit report free now once per week

Auto Repossession

Credit reports

Fair Debt Collection Act

Am I Judgment Proof?

Traffic Court

Should I Answer?

This topic includes issues with drafting, revising, transferring, or dealing with problems with a deed.

Adding or Changing Names on Property (Completing and Recording Deeds)

Completar y Registrar Escritura (Completing and Recording Deeds)

Deed of Trust and Promissory Note

Homestead Declaration: Protecting the Equity in Your Home

Petition to Remove Mechanics’ Lien

Making Real Estate Changes Official: Recorded Documents

California’s Transfer on Death deed: One option to avoid probate on your home

Tips for the PCOR — Preliminary Change in Ownership Report

Affidavits of Death: Transferring Property without Probate after an Owner Dies

Changing, Adding, or Removing People from Title to Real Estate

Before a trial, the parties use the "discovery" process to gather evidence, including depositions, interrogatories, request for production of documents and things, and subpoenas. If the responding party refuses, the requesting party can bring a motion to compel them to comply.

Discovery: Gather Information for your Case

Claim Opposing Forfeiture

Discovery: Business Records Subpoena

Discovery: Depositions

Discovery: Exchange of Expert Witness Information

Discovery: Form Interrogatories

Discovery: Requests for Admission

Discovery: Request for Production of Documents and Things

Discovery: Responding to Requests for Admissions

Discovery: Responding to Interrogatories

Discovery: Responding to Requests for Production or Inspection

Discovery: Special Interrogatories

Motion to Compel Discovery Responses

Motion to Deem Facts Admitted

Relief from Admissions

This topic covers filing for divorce, separation, or annulment, as well as spousal support.

Family Law: Service by Publication or Posting

Annulments

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.

Enforcement of Judgments

Exemption from the Enforcement of Judgments

Abstract of Judgment

Bank Levy

Claim of Exemption – Bank Levy

Debtor’s Examination

Memorandum of Costs after Judgment

Renewal of Judgment

Satisfaction of Judgment

Request a Default Judgment by Court

Request a Default Judgment by Clerk

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.

Power of Attorney

Transfer on Death (TOD) Deed: Naming Beneficiaries and Revoking TOD Deeds

Keeping Your House Out of Probate

Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property (Small Estate Affidavit)

California’s Transfer on Death deed: One option to avoid probate on your home

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.

Security Deposits

How a person can file pleadings (complaints and responses), motions, and other paperwork with the court during a lawsuit, and the requirement to serve all paperwork on the other party.

Civil Rights: Section 1983

Ex Parte Applications: Ask the Court for an Order as Quickly as Possible

TROs: Applying for a Temporary Restraining Order in a Civil Case

Responding to a Lawsuit

Responding to a Debt Collection Lawsuit (Answer-Contract)

Respuesta-Contrato (Answer-Contract)

Case Management Statement

Claim Opposing Forfeiture

Injunction by Noticed Motion

Motion for Mandatory Dismissal – Failure to Bring to Trial within Five Years

Motions in Civil Cases

Motion to Continue Trial and Mandatory Settlement Conference

Notice of Automatic Stay

Peremptory Challenge of a Judge

Petition to Remove Mechanics’ Lien

Personal Service

Serving Documents by Mail

Motion to Set Aside (Relief from Default Judgment)

Request a Default Judgment by Court

Publication of Summons

Withdrawing Funds from a Blocked Account

Request a Default Judgment by Clerk

Calculate deadlines to file and serve

Limited Civil Case Status Memorandum

Claims against the government

Should I represent myself in court?

Declaration tips

How To: Schedule a Law and Motion Hearing in Sacramento

Proving proof of service by mail is false

Preparing Motion Paperwork and Filing in Sacramento

Tentative Rulings and Hearings in Sacramento Court

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

California Legislative History

California Primary Law

Federal Primary Law

Finding People and Businesses

Jury Instructions

Reading Citations

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).

Clearing Probate Calendar Notes for Guardianship or Conservatorship

Aclarar las Notas de Calendario en un caso de Tutela (Clearing Probate Notes in a Guardianship Case)

Declaration of Diligent Search: Guardianship-Dispensing with Notice to Missing Relative

Declaración de búsqueda: tutela (Declaration of Diligent Search: Guardianship)

Caring for Another’s Child: Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit

Emancipation of Children

Extra notice of hearing requirement in probate cases: Zoom videoconference information

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.

Identity Theft

This topic discusses the available legal research databases

California Legislative History

Reading Citations

Using Shepard’s® Citation Service on Lexis

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.

Homestead Declaration: Protecting the Equity in Your Home

Motion for Disbursement of Surplus Funds After Foreclosure

Petition to Remove Mechanics’ Lien

Reverse Mortgages

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.

Understanding the Confidential Name Change Process in Sacramento

Understanding the Name Change Process in Sacramento

Correcting mis-matched names on identity documents

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.

Certificate of Rehabilitation: Cleaning Up Felony Convictions when Expungement Is Not Available

Expungement (Cleaning up a Criminal Record): Understanding Sacramento Court’s Expungement Packet

Clearing Your Criminal Background

How to get, maintain, implement, and deal with issues of Powers of Attorney.

Power of Attorney

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.

Tentative rulings: pro per litigants beware

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.

Civil Harassment Restraining Order

Understanding the Confidential Name Change Process in Sacramento

Types of Restraining Orders

Also known as pro se, in pro per, in propria persona.

Legal Correspondence: Letters for Lawsuits

Fee Waivers: Ask the Court to Waive or Lower the Cost of Fees

Legal Document Assistants

What is legal malpractice?

Should I represent myself in court?

Should I Answer?