DIVORCE - San Bernardino Superior Court
DIVORCE - San Bernardino Superior Court
DIVORCE - San Bernardino Superior Court
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<strong>DIVORCE</strong><br />
Options for Starting Your<br />
Divorce Paperwork in <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Bernardino</strong> County
Quick Overview of<br />
Divorce Process<br />
Prepare your forms<br />
File forms at <strong>Court</strong> (pay fee or request fee waiver)<br />
Get spouse served with forms (+ blank response forms)<br />
Spouse has 30 days to file a Response or not.<br />
If Response filed, will need to go to court to finish divorce.<br />
If No Response filed, may be able to finish up by turning in<br />
judgment paperwork only<br />
Last step –You Submit Final Divorce Judgment Forms<br />
Earliest you can be divorced –<br />
6 months from date spouse is served
Finding a Divorce Lawyer<br />
Ask people you know & interview the<br />
lawyer<br />
If you need more names, contact an<br />
official Lawyer Referral Service:<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong> County Lawyer Referral<br />
Service: ($40 consultation fee)<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong>: (909) 888-6791<br />
Rancho Cucamonga : (909) 945-2980
Getting Help in the Community<br />
Inland Counties Legal Services<br />
(909) 884-8615 715 N. Arrowhead Ave.<br />
#113 <strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong>, CA<br />
(909) 980-0982 10565 Civic Center Dr., Ste<br />
200, Rancho Cucamonga, CA<br />
(760) 241-7073 14196 Amargosa Rd, #K,<br />
Victorville, CA
More Help in the Community<br />
Legal Aid of <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Bernardino</strong><br />
(866) 889-7328<br />
(909) 889-7328<br />
Inland Empire<br />
Latino Lawyers<br />
Association<br />
(951) 369-3009<br />
354 W. 6 th Street,<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Bernardino</strong><br />
Colton & Ontario<br />
Clinics – call for<br />
schedule
Starting the Paperwork –<br />
<strong>Court</strong>’s Website<br />
Free “starter kit” on court’s website – it will<br />
personalize the forms after asking you a<br />
few questions. You then print out all the<br />
forms you need and finish by handwriting<br />
in black ink.<br />
Alternative -- Purchase form packet from<br />
courthouse and fill out in black ink.
Starting the Paperwork –<br />
Other Websites<br />
Website that will prepare all your forms<br />
after you answer questions (beginner<br />
user)<br />
<br />
<br />
http://turbocourt.com (free)<br />
or find pay websites<br />
Free website that will allow you to directly<br />
fill out forms (expert user)<br />
http://courts.ca.gov/forms
How Do I Choose?<br />
“Starter Kit” v. Other Websites<br />
Starter Kit<br />
Quick on the<br />
computer, but you<br />
will have to finish the<br />
rest in handwriting.<br />
Provided to you by<br />
the court’s self help<br />
program.<br />
All forms current and<br />
in packet<br />
Turbo<strong>Court</strong>/ICAN Docs<br />
ALL the forms<br />
completed by asking<br />
you questions .<br />
May take you an hour<br />
or more on computer.<br />
All forms may not be<br />
current or you may<br />
be missing needed<br />
forms. As of August<br />
2012, did not have<br />
new “Request for<br />
Order” forms.
After You Have<br />
Needed Forms Started . . .<br />
<strong>Court</strong> Self Help Staff can guide you<br />
through the process. We do not hand out<br />
any forms in our offices.<br />
You are your own attorney. Staff does not<br />
prepare the forms for you.<br />
Staff can answer your questions and<br />
review your paperwork with you.<br />
LINK – HOURS & LOCATIONS
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