What Is Service? The law says that when you sue a person, partnership, corporation, or the government, you must give formal notice to the other side that you have started the legal process. In the same way, when you are…
Guardianship
Guardianship is when a court orders someone other than the child’s parent to: Have custody of the child; or Manage the child’s property (called “estate”); or Both. The information in this section is about probate guardianships. These cases are brought…
Court Interpreters
If you don’t speak or understand English very well, you may need a court interpreter to help you in court. A court interpreter verbally translates (called “interpreting”) everything the judge and others say from English into your primary language, and…
What is a Civil Appeal?
An appeal is when someone who loses a case in a trial court asks a higher court (the appellate court) to review the trial court’s decision. In almost all cases, the appellate court ONLY looks at two things: whether a…