Self Help Offices
Contra Costa County Superior Court |
Family Law Facilitator
Martinez Court | - Hours of operation: 8:00 am until 2:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except Court holidays.
- Family Law assistance - divorce, paternity, child support, child custody
- Assistance provided in workshops after an initial intake at the Help Desk, 751 Pine Street, Martinez, CA
- Workshops on How to Start Your Divorce. For workshop information, see flyer
 . - Finish Your Divorce workshops available by appointment at the Help Desk, 751 Pine Street, Martinez, CA.
- Help with Domestic Violence restraining orders. Go to the Restraining Order window in the lobby of 751 Pine Street, Martinez, CA from 8:00 am - 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except Court holidays.
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Family Law Facilitator
Richmond Court | - Drop in assistance for: family law, domestic violence, civil harassment, name changes. Location and hours of operation: see flyer .
- Workshops for starting and finishing divorces, in English and Spanish. For workshop information, see flyer .
- Guardianship workshops. For workshop information, see flyer .
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Probate Facilitator | - Drop in assistance for probate guardianships. Call 925-957-5784 for hours of operation and location.
- Workshops for guardianship assistance.
- Assistance provided by telephone at 925-957-5784 or contact the Probate Facilitator by e-mail at probfac@contracosta.courts.ca.gov.
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Workshops
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Bay Area Legal Aid Workshops (800) 551-5554 www.baylegal.org/ | - Legal information workshops (domestic violence, eviction)
- Written materials about different legal issues
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Contra Costa County Bar Association Workshops www.cccba.org/comm/ace.htm | |
Guardianship Forms Workshops (877) 320-8889 4th Wednesday
5:30 pm
at:
Richmond Public Library
325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond | Help preparing court forms and understanding court process for guardianship of a child Wheelchair accessible Advance registration required. Call: (925) 370-2548 and give your name, phone number, date of the clinic you want to attend. |
Divorce Forms Workshops Martinez and Walnut Creek Richmond | Help preparing court forms and understanding court process for divorce. For more information, please click the city names to the left for the flyers or see the Workshops page. |
Domestic Violence Forms Workshops Richmond Concord Pittsburg | Richmond: 100 37th St., go to clerk's office before workshop starts - Clinics for Petitioners: Monday's 9:00 am (arrivals after 9:30 may not receive same day service)
- Clinics for Petitioners OR Respo every Friday 8:30 am (arrivals after 9:30 may not receive same day service)
Concord: By appointment. Call 1-888-215-5555. Pittsburg: By appointment. Call 1-888-215-5555 |
Senior Self-Help Clinic Tuesdays
9:00 am - 12:00 noon Peter Spinetta Family Law Center
751 Pine Street
2nd Floor Conference Room
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 957-7947 | - Help for Contra Costa County residents age 60 and over who represent themselves in court
- Help with obtaining Elder Abuse Temporary Restraining Orders and other civil legal matters affecting seniors
- The Clinic is available on a drop-in basis or by telephone
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Self-Help Legal Information
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Online legal resources guide | www.cccba.org/comm/resource.htm |
Contra Costa College Library (510) 235-7800, ext. 4318 2600 Mission Bell Dr.,
San Pablo | - Online and print legal research materials
- Legal information and self-help books
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Contra Costa Law Library
1020 Ward Street, Martinez
(925) 646-2783 www.cccpllib.org 100 37th St., Richmond, Rm 237
(510) 374-3019 | - Online and print legal research materials
- Legal information and self-help books
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Contra Costa County
Public Libraries
www.ccclib.org | - Online and print legal research materials
- Free use of computers that can access the Internet (may be fees for printing web content)
- Legal information and self-help books
- Lawyers in the Library
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Judicial Council website
Self-Help Center www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp | - Online and print legal research materials
- Legal information and self-help publications
- Links to related resources
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Virtual Self-Help Law Center www.cc-courthelp.org | Online information, videos, and forms for: guardianship, domestic violence, landlord/tenant (eviction), divorce, child custody and visitation, child support cases |
