For The People

The office is open with regular business hours. We are striving to keep our customers and staff healthy and safe. If you prefer to not come in please call or email us. Most services can be done by phone or email.
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We are open!
Governor Newson’s Executive Order states legal services are an essential service critical to protect the well-being of Californians.
We are open and are taking every precaution to limit our staffs’ and customers’ exposure to the coronavirus.
If you need assistance, please call or email us and we will do everything we can to provide services by phone or email. If you must come to the office (signings), we have implemented ways to stay as safe as possible and limit exposure.
Please call or email us and we will be happy to assist you.
209-523-8227
[email protected]

In the face of this unprecedented time during the Coronavirus outbreak, we are committed to providing document services to our community.
The office will continue to be open until a mandate forces otherwise. If we are mandated to close, we will continue to work and provide services by phone and email.
For our Senior and high-risk individuals, we have been trying to limit their exposure by going out to their cars for document signing.
If you need document preparation, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or email.

A Brief Detour Into Family Law – “Date Of Separation” | California Municipal Law Blog Governor Brown signed SB 1255 on July 25, 2016 which becomes effective on January 1, 2017. The law overturns a controversial decision by the California Sup

"Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?" - Mary Manin Morrissey

Divorce can be hugely expensive. Ask some of these folks who made the top ten list of the Most Expensive Divorces in the World.
1. Rupert and Anna Murdoc, Astralian media mogul (1999), $1.7 billion.
2. Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone, business manage (2009), $1.2 billion.
3. Adnan and Soray Khashoggi, Saudi billionare and arms dealer (1974), $874 million.
5. Mel and Robyn Gibson, actor (2011), $425 million.
7. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, actor/politician, media (2011), $250-$375 million.
10. Michael and Juanita Jordan, basketball player (2006), $168 million.
12. Neil Diamond and Marcia Murphy, musician (1995), $150 million.
13. Frank and Jamie McCourt, former owner of the LA Dodgers (2011), $131 million.
14. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren, golfer (2009), $100-$110 million.
15. Greg Norman and Laura Andrassy, golfer (2006), $103 million.

Considering Bankruptcy? For The People can help you!

Personal Bankruptcy Filing Doesn’t Have To Be Complex

Choosing to complete a personal bankruptcy filing can be a very difficult choice, but can end up leading to a second financial chance. This legal proceeding relieves a person of certain types of personal debt; including credit cards, personal loans, or medical bills, while allowing them to retain certain assets, such as their home or vehicle. Each state has its own exempt property laws (or they can choose to use the Federal exemptions) but otherwise, Bankruptcy is governed by Federal law. When considering personal bankruptcy filing, For the People helps our customers from becoming overwhelmed by the steps and the documentation required for completing the bankruptcy process.

For The People Can Help Your With Your Personal Bankruptcy Filing

We are not attorneys and cannot advise you on whether or not you should file bankruptcy. But once you make the decision to file bankruptcy, For The People can assist you. For The People can also provide you with information and resources about personal bankruptcy filing, but cannot offer you legal advice.

Some people believe that a lawyer is required to complete a personal bankruptcy filing, which is not the case. If you cannot afford or do not want an attorney, you can file ‘pro se,’ which means without legal representation. For The People is often called upon by consumers for information and assistance with paperwork during pro se filings.

There is no shame or embarrassment in completing a personal bankruptcy filing, but there is great potential in getting a fresh start. End the collection calls and the piles of bills that arrive each day. Let For The People help you get back on your feet.

The Bankruptcy Court will not let us answer questions over the phone. They require you to come in and read a disclosure. Come in any time and we will be happy to go over the process with you.

* Shocking Divorce Statistics:
41% of first marriages end in divorce.
60% of second marriages end in divorce.
73% of third marriages end in divorce.
In America, there is one divorce every 13 seconds, four every minute. That's 6,646 divorces per day, and 46,523 divorces per week.
* The average length of a marriage that ends in divorce is 8 years.
* The average age for couples going through their first divorce is 30.
* 79.6% of custodial mothers receive a support award while only 29.6% of custodial fathers receive a support award.
* 46.9% of non-custodial mothers totally default on support, while only 26.9% of non-custodial fathers totally default on support.
* The Barna Research Group measured divorce statistics by religion. They found that 29% of Baptists are divorced (the highest for a US religious group), while only 21% of atheists/agnostics were divorced (the lowest).