Volunteer attorneys will negotiate with landlords to postpone or eliminate eviction so that low income tenants are able to find alternative housing rather than become homeless due to lack of representation at the hearing stage of the eviction process. Legal Aid can help prepare court papers and provide information about the eviction process. Referrals to Volunteer Attorneys Referrals are made for contested issues of divorce, for those with contested custody or visitation matters where the parents were never married and other family law matters where representation is appropriate. While we make every effort to obtain volunteer attorneys, we cannot guarantee if or when we will secure one . It can take as long as 4-6 weeks to locate an attorney available to take a case.
Custody disputes are particularly difficult to place.
If you need to talk with an attorney right away, the Sonoma County Bar Association Referral Service can help. The phone number is 546-5297. Both books are by NOLO Press and available for purchase at most bookstores and at the public and law libraries. YWCA Clinic assistance to victims of domestic violence in need of restraining orders or parents asserting that the other parent is or threatening to keep the child from them, etc.