Keep You and Your Children Safe from Domestic Violence
Making a Safety Plan Before and During an Attack When an attack starts, try to escape. If you feel you are in danger, leave your home and take your children, no matter what time it […]
10 Steps to Naturalization
Understanding the Process of Becoming a U.S. Citizen Step 1 Determine if you are already a U.S. citizen. You can become a U.S. citizen by birth or through naturalization. Generally, people are born U.S. citizens if […]
Domestic Violence Help for Native Americans
Domestic violence is abuse or threats of abuse when the person being abused and the abuser are or have been in an intimate relationship (married or domestic partners, are dating or used to date, live […]
Simplified Procedures to Transfer an Estate
You may not need to go to probate court to obtain title to property belonging to a dead person. Figuring out if you have to go to probate court depends on many issues, like the amount […]
The Eviction Process
For a landlord to evict you legally, he or she has to first give you a notice to move out or give you a chance to fix the problem (like paying the rent). If you […]
Workplace Violence
What Is a Workplace Violence Restraining Order? Under California law, courts can make orders to protect an employee from suffering unlawful violence or credible threats of violence at the workplace. The court can order a […]
Spousal/Partner Support
When a couple legally separates or divorces, the court may order 1 spouse or domestic partner to pay the other a certain amount of support money each month. This is called “spousal support” for married […]
The Appeals Process
The side that files the appeal is called the “appellant.” The other side is called the “respondent.”If you appeal, the appellate court will review the trial court record to decide if a legal mistake was […]
Traffic School
Generally, you can go to traffic school if: You have a valid driver’s license, The offense occurred while driving a noncommercial vehicle, and Your ticket is for an infraction that is a moving violation. If […]
Researching the Law
Courts decide legal disputes by first finding what the facts of a case are and then applying the law to those facts to reach a decision. When you present a case in court, you must […]