What can I do if I cannot afford a divorce attorney?

What can I do if I cannot afford a divorce attorney?

If you can't afford to hire a divorce lawyer, there are other ways to find professional help. Some courts offer classes on how to fill out the forms. They give you free walk throughs. They give you assistance. In California, for example, we have something called the Family Law Facilitator. And you can go into that office and have the forms filled out for you for free. You can also talk to a Paralegal. Sometimes they're called a Document Preparer or a Licensed Document Preparer. These are people who have been trained, and in the case of a Document Preparer, licensed, to fill out the forms. And they'll sit down with you and ask you questions. They're not allowed to practice law, they're not allowed to give you legal advice, but they can talk to you about the process, talk to you about the forms, and kind of walk you through it.