Professional Legal Document Assistants –A Guide to Help You Decide Who’s Professional & Who Isn’t

Be careful when choosing who will prepare your legal documents. Not all legal document assistants are the same, and some should clearly be avoided. A professional legal document assistant provides a great value to consumers who wish to move through the legal system on cases without the high prices of attorneys. Professional legal document assistants have an extensive understanding of the forms required by the courts and can quickly prepare documents and initiate cases for consumers. However, there are people who call themselves a legal document assistant, but have not met the state’s requirements to perform this important service. You […]

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The California Courts Self Help Legal Services – What You Should Know

Prior to the late 1990s, California consumers were left with three options when it came to handling a family law case. They could retain an attorney, they could hire a legal document preparation service, or they could stand in line at the court clerk’s office to get blank forms to fill out themselves. There was no one at the courts to help people who were self represented.

Enter the Court’s Self Help Legal Services Initiative. California pioneered the national trend to develop self-help programs to increase fairness in a justice system that was originally established only for people who could afford […]

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Our Three Kinds of Clients – Which Kind Are You?

Each and every one of our legal document clients, past, present and future can easily be classified into one of three distinct categories. Depending on which category they fall in, determines how they handle their legal issues, and why they call us for help. Knowing which type of client they are makes it easy to predict their future because each type has a very different and sure outcome. Each of our clients is either proactive, reactive or inactive.
Our proactive client is the one who plans and does something ahead to time to avoid or at least significantly minimize future problems. […]

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Myth-Busting – 4 Common Legal Myths – Discover The Truth

It’s time to set the record straight. Here are the 4 most common misconceptions we hear. Maybe, you believed these things too. Here are some common misconceptions that are floating around in California.
MYTH #1: A marriage in California can be annulled based on the length of the marriage.
TRUTH: Family Code 2210 a-f states that a marriage is voidable if the petitioner was under age at time of marriage, prior existing marriage, unsound mind, fraud, force, or physical incapacity. Family Code 2200 and 2201 states that a marriage is void if it’s incestuous or bigamous, respectively.
MYTH #2: A new spouse’s income […]

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Mom Died. Now What? – Just Doc Prep’s Probate Service 2013 Year End Review

The year 2013 gave us more opportunity than ever before to help consumers and attorneys get through their probate cases as smoothly and quickly as possible. In almost every case, the presiding judge in various courts, complimented our clients on the quality of our paperwork.

After interviewing other legal document assistants and attorneys, J.T. of Orange County hired us to help him prepare the paperwork on a simple probate. He was amazed at how quickly he was able to get into court and how smoothly his case went. On the morning of his hearing, he was the 22nd case to come […]

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