Online Resources – Sharp Courts

Online Resources and Support

If you are a self-represented litigant, you can begin completing your forms online. The below programs are available 24/7.

In partnership with the California Judicial Council and LawHelp Interactive, we are pleased to provide you with links to begin preparing your own legal documents online. We strongly recommend that you create an account to begin completing the paperwork so you do not lose the work that you have started.

Below you can start your case in a number of areas. We recommend you follow-up by making an appointment with the SHARP office to review your paperwork.

Divorce Part 1- Starter Kit
This program will allow you to start the process of filling out the forms required to file a Marriage/Domestic Partnership, FL-100 and associated attachments. It will also provide the forms that you will need to ask for custody and support.
Divorce Petition and Disclosures
This program allows you to complete all of the forms required to file a Marriage/Domestic Partnership, FL-100 and associated attachments. It also asks you for detailed information about the type of custody and visitation arrangements you would like to ask for. This program takes longer to complete than the Divorce – Starter Kit but will assure that your forms are more complete when you visit the Self-Help Center.
Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order
*Documents for Butte, Del Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Lake, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Nevada, Santa Clara, Sierra, Trinity, and Tulare Counties.
Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
*Documents for Glenn, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Santa Barbara, and Tehama Counties.
Response to Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
This program includes the forms required to respond to a request for a domestic violence order.
Civil Harassment Restraining Order
This program will assist you in filling out the forms needed to ask the court for a civil harassment restraining order.
Civil Harassment Restraining Order Response
This program will help you fill out the forms needed to respond to a civil harassment restraining order petition.
Elder Abuse Restraining Order Petition
This program will help you fill out the forms needed to ask the court for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order.
Elder Abuse Restraining Order Response
This program will assist you with filling out the forms needed to respond to a request for an elder or dependent adult abuse restraining order petition.
Guardianship Petition
Assists proposed guardians to present a complete petition for guardianship for up to five children.
Fee Waiver Petition for Guardianship
This application will help you determine if you are eligible to receive a fee waiver for the filing fee in a guardianship or conservatorship case.
Name Change Petition
This program will assist you in filling out the forms necessary to change the name of an adult, child, or a family group.
Parentage Petition
This program will assist you with the forms to ask the court to establish parentage of children. Parentage is the process to determine the legal parents of a child or children.
Parentage Response
This program will assist you in responding to a parentage petition.
Request for Order
This program will assist you in filling out the necessary forms for a Request for Order.

**The program is available for the following partner courts: Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Nevada, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama, Trinity, and Tulare Counties.
Eviction- Unlawful Detainer Landlord
This program will assist you in filling out the forms for Unlawful Detainer- Landlord.
Eviction- Unlawful Detainer- Tenant
This program will assist you in filling out the forms for Unlawful Detainer- Tenant.

LawHelp Interactive is a web platform administered by the nonprofit organization, Pro Bono Net, that provides access to document assembly and triage programs developed by the Judicial Council. Document assembly programs use an interview format to ask litigants, or those assisting litigants, questions that are used to populate Judicial Council forms. The programs determine which forms are needed based on a litigant’s particular situation. Triage programs are used to guide users through a series of questions that will help them decide what to do in certain situations, such as whether to consider mediation for a small claims matter and determining jurisdiction in a child custody matter.