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FAMILY LAW
We offer affordable self-help services which allow you to be informed and in control of your family-law case.
Our specialties include family law documents related to:
Uncontested or Default Divorce
Legal Separation
Child Support or Child Custody Modification*
Parentage cases
Guardianships
Stepparent adoptions
Post Judgment Documents (Ex. QDRO or Modification of Support)
Please contact our office for more information about these services.
* If you have an urgent child custody matter that requires immediate assistance, we strongly recommend you contact an attorney or seek assistance at the Watsonville Court’s Self Help Center: https://www.santacruz.courts.ca.gov/self-help
Title Documents
Do you need to make an ownership change to the title of your real estate property? We can help with the preparation of real property title documents and will also handle recording any necessary documents with the appropriate county recording offices.
Commonly used documents:
Grant Deeds, Interspousal Deeds & Quitclaim Deeds
Trust Transfer Deeds
Affidavits of Deaths
Transfer on Death Deeds
Preliminary Change of Ownership Reports
Claim for Reassessment Exclusion for Transfer Between Parent and Child
Promissory Notes & Deeds of Trust
Please contact our office for more information about these services.
Estate Planning
We can prepare many types of documents to meet your estate planning needs. As a reminder, we are not attorneys and can not advise you. However, if you know how you would like to set up your estate, we can provide you with easy-to-fill questionnaires that we can use to prepare your estate planning documents.
Common documents we prepare are:
Living Wills
Revocable Living Trust (probate avoidance trusts)
Trust Transfer Deeds
Durable Power of Attorney
Health Care Directives
Transfer on Death Deeds
Name Changes
Want to change your legal name? We can help!
We prepare and file the following documents:
Petition for Change of Name
Petition for Change of Name to Conform with Gender Identity
Post Divorce Maiden Name Restoration
Small Claims
If you are suing a person or business for less than $10,000, we can help you by offering affordable services to prepare and file all necessary small claims documents with the court.
BE INFORMED AND IN CONTROL
Working with a Legal Document Assistant provides you with affordable self-help services for legal matters that do not require an attorney. We are a self-help, 'do-it-yourself' service, which allows you to be informed and in control of your case.
We can help you prepare and file the paperwork for many court-related matters if you need to represent yourself in court (pro per). By hiring us to help you with the paperwork, you can save on costs even when consulting with lawyers to obtain legal advice. If you find that you need additional assistance, we can provide referrals for attorneys and mediators.
Our business services the Santa Cruz and Watsonville areas. We also prepare and file court paperwork and title documents for most other counties in California.