Self Help Center Case Types
The Self-Help Center can only assist with certain case types.
The Self-Help Center can help you with:
- Child Support Issues
- Paternity Issues, including Set Aside Motion
- Child Custody & Visitation
- Spousal Support
- Dissolutions (Divorce)
- Legal Separation/Annulment
- Domestic Partnerships
- Elder Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Civil Harassment
- Probate Guardianships
- Unlawful Detainers and Answers (Landlord/Tenant Issues)
- Referrals to Small Claims Advisors
- Monterey County Bar Association referrals
- Referrals to other community resources
- Small Claims forms
- Limited Conservatorships
The Self-Help Center cannot help you with:
- Criminal matters of any type
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes for Section 8 Housing or other situations
- Immigration
- Juvenile Court matters (Juvenile Justice, dependency-including CPS matters)
- Traffic
- Probate matters (such as wills, trusts and conservatorships)
- Dismissing Criminal Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Most General Civil Litigation
- Workers' Compensation