Divorce & Legal Separation
For an overview of the basic legal concepts and process of filing a divorce, review the California's Self-Help Divorce Index and Divorce Overview.
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Divorce: How to Start
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Divorce: How to Respond
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Divorce: Required Financial Disclosures
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Divorce: Making Decisions About Your Issues
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Divorce: Finalize by Agreement
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Divorce: Finalize by Trial
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Legal Forms
- Free fillable forms: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/divorce-forms
- Guide and File (free online forms assistance): Start a New Filing Interview (tylertech.cloud)
- Law Help Interactive (SHARP courts' free online forms assistance): Online Resources | Superior Court of California | County of Butte
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Court Resource: Family Law Facilitator
The Family Law Facilitator is a court attorney who helps people who don't have an attorney in family law matters, including divorce, legal separation, or annulment. Services are free.
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Free Zoom Classes on Divorce Basics and Financial Disclosures
Two different live classes, which are taught by the court's Family Law Facilitator, are offered once per month on Zoom. They are designed to help a person without an attorney to better understand the steps of divorce, the process and the law. One class focuses on the basics, and the other focuses on required financial disclosures. Both are recommended if you want to work with the Family Law Facilitator in your case.