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Self Help Plus offered at King County Bar Association

Provides: -  Non-contested marriage dissolutions (default or agreed divorces) -  Non-contested legal separations -  Establishment of a parenting plan in non-contested (agreed) cases when the father has already been determined  Non-contested can include: -  Cases where the parties are in agreement with one another -  Cases where one party has had no contact at all with the other party (and has no concept of how they might be able to contact them) for at least 18 months  Language and American Sign Language interpreters are available for appointments. People may also bring their interpreter with them.   Procedure:  -  1) Complete application to determine eligibility  -  2) Attend meeting with program manager to start drafting legal documents  -  3) Meet with program manager to pick up legal documents and then file papers at the court  SHP no longer has classes; all meetings are now one-on-one with the program manager.  Attorney does NOT represent clients in court.

Physical Address

Hours

Voicemail only.

Application process

Call to request an application; applications also available online.

Fee

Court fees are $280, if not waived by the court.

Eligibility

Residents of King County below 200% FPL.

Languages

Interpreter services

American Sign Language

Service area

King, WA

Agency info

King County Bar Association

KCBA Pro Bono Services provides free legal services to eligible clients with various civil legal issues. Free limited legal advice is available through volunteers with our Neighborhood Legal Clinics. Other programs focus on specific legal issues including tenant representation with evictions (Housing Justice Project), vacating criminal records (Records Project), kinship care/minor guardianships (LAARK and Kinship Care Solutions), uncontested family law (Self Help Plus), and domestic violence/family law (DV LEAD).