Self Help Center 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