How-To Guides Riverside
Helping You Understand the Process.
How-to guides serve as invaluable resources, offering clear and systematic instructions to help individuals navigate the legal system and accomplish specific tasks. These guides are designed to demystify complexities of law and empower users with the knowledge needed to successfully complete a task or learn a new skill. Typically structured in a step-by-step format, they break down procedures into manageable and sequential actions, ensuring that users can follow along with ease.
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Self‑Help Guides
Riverside Community Self‑Help Guides
Our self‑help guides provide fillable templates with clear instructions for completing common court documents. These forms are designed to be easy to use and allow individuals to work through the paperwork independently, at their own pace, using step‑by‑step guidance.
Family Law
- Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage
- Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage (SP)
- Response to Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage
- Response to Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage (SP)
- Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage (Spanish Reference)
- Response to Petition for Dissolution, Legal Separation or Nullity of Marriage (Spanish Reference)
- Petition for Summary Dissolution of Marriage
- Petition for Summary Dissolution of Marriage (SP)
- Financial Disclosure Packet
- Dissolution Default Judgment – With Signed Agreement
- Dissolution Default Judgment
- Dissolution Judgment by Agreement
- Petition to Determine Parental Relationship
- Response to Determine Parental Relationship
- Paternity Default Judgment
- Paternity Judgment by Agreement
- Petition for Custody and Support of Minor Children
- Response to Custody and Support of Minor Children
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (with Children)
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (with Children) (SP)
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (without Children)
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (without Children) (SP)
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (with Children) (Spanish Reference Packet)
- Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order (without Children) (Spanish Reference Packet)
- Answer to Domestic Violence Restraining Order
- Request for Order (Non-Emergency)
- Request for Order (Non-Emergency) (SP)
- Request for Emergency Order
- Request for Emergency Order (SP)
- Request for Order Regarding Overdue Support
- Responsive Declaration to Request for Order
- Service by Email for Department Child Support Services (DCSS)
- Income Withholding Order for Support
- Trial Readiness Conference (TRC)
- Mandatory Settlement Conference (MSC)
Civil
- Unlawful Detainer – Complaint
- Unlawful Detainer – Answer
- Unlawful Detainer – Default Judgment (possession only)
- Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Order
- Response to Civil Harassment Restraining Order
- Small Claims – Plaintiff’s Claim
- Small Claims – Plaintiff’s Claim (SP)
- Small Claims – Defendant’s Claim
- Small Claims – Defendant’s Claim (SP)
- Answer to contract/ collections
Probate
- Conservatorship – General
- Conservatorship – Dementia
- Conservatorship – Limited
- Fee Waiver – Conservatorship and Guardianship
- Guardianship – General
- Guardianship – Temporary
- Declaration for Collection or Transfer of Small Estate
- Affidavit Re: Real Property of Small Value
- Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence
- Spousal Property Petition
- Petition for Probate
- Request for Elder Abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Order
- Response to Request for Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse Restraining Orders
- Petition to Commence CARE Act Proceedings (CARE-100)
Criminal
General
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