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do you need help finishing your Divorce (or Legal Separation or Nullity) Case?

For your convenience the Self-Help Center (SHC) can review your court file and email (preferred), mail or call you with your next steps to finish your divorce, legal separation, or nullity case. Fill out the Divorce Case Review Online Request Form below to ask the SHC to review your case.

Do I need to do anything before asking for a case review?

In addition to filing the forms to start your divorce case, you also need to have filled out and served the Mandatory Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure forms. You may obtain the forms and instructions online by clicking here 

If you need help with these forms, you may:
• Use the sample form packet 
• Watch this helpful video 
• Email your forms to us for review at

Where do I turn this case review request in?

  • Fill out the form below and it will be automatically sent to us.

What happens next?

After receiving your online request Self-Help Center staff will review your court file as quickly as we can. We will then email about your next steps.

What if I want to talk to someone at the Self-Help Center today about my divorce?

Please submit the online request and we will contact you.


What if I have a lawyer but want to finish the case myself?

Before the Self-Help Center can help you must officially remove your attorney from your case. To do this, you and the attorney must sign and file a form called a Substitution of Attorney (form MC-050)  or otherwise have them removed from your case. If you have not done this yet, please contact your attorney.

Our goal is to review your case within one week. However, it may sometimes take longer.

Divorce Case Review Online Request Form

Thank you for helping us help you better by:

Please enter the following required information:  
Your FULL First and Last Name: Your name is required.
Your Husband/Wife's FULL First and Last Name: Your husband/wife's name is required.
Your Court Case number: Your case number is required.

Your Email Address where your response will be sent:
(example: your.name@gmail.com)

An email address is requiredInvalid email format.
Confirm your email address:
You must re-type your email address

Email addresses do not match - please re-enter them
Your Telephone number: (example: 408-999-9999) Your phone number is required.
Your Mailing Address: 
  Number and Street: Your mailing address is required.
  City, State and Zip Code: Your mailing address is required.
Have you ever had an attorney represent you in this case?  Yes   No 
Have you visited this Self-Help Center before?  Yes   No 
Did you look online for legal information before coming to our office?  Yes   No 
What language do you feel most comfortable speaking?
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 Korean   Armenian   Persian/Farsi   Cambodian   Hmong   Russian 
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By submitting this request, I acknowledge the following:

 I may view an online record of my case by going to the Court’s Case Information Online page.

 If I am the Petitioner, I have viewed my online record and confirm that the following documents have
already been filed with the court:
     Preliminary Declarations of Disclosure forms: FL-150, FL-160 as to Community Property, FL-160 as
          to Separate Property and FL-141 (If not, click here for workshop to complete these forms.)
     Proof of Service of my Summons and Petition

 If I am the Respondent and I have filed a Response, I have viewed my online record and confirm that the
 following documents have already been filed with the court:
     Preliminary Declarations of Disclosure forms: FL-150, FL-160 as to Community Property, FL-160 as
           to Separate Property and FL-141 (If not, click here for workshop to complete these forms.)

 I understand that my case cannot be reviewed if I have not completed and filed the forms listed above.

 I will only submit one request for case review and will wait for a response from the Self Help Center.

 

    



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