This article provides information on what a family law facilitator
(herein after referred to as "facilitator") is and can and cannot do in
terms of providing you assistance with your family legal situation. Each
California Superior Court should have an attorney or facilitator office
(sometimes called the family court clinic) that can provide free help
with your family legal related matters. These attorneys work at the
court facilitator's office. Some facilitator office's have both
attorneys and paralegals on staff to provide non-legal assistance to
consumers seeking help with their family legal issues.
What a Family Law Facilitator Can Do
- The services provided at the California Superior Court by each
facilitator office at can vary. In some counties the family law
facilitator can show you how to fill out court forms, help you with your
dissolution or divorce or child custody issues while others do not.
Some counties limit the facilitator's services to only child support
issues, spousal support issues and protracted health insurance cases. In
some counties a facilitator can meet with you individually and provide
you information and options but cannot act as your attorney, represent
you or provide you with legal advice.