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Those who represent themselves in court often don’t know where to begin to address their court matter. Completing and filing forms is usually part of the process. The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Civil Law Self Help Center helps those who represent themselves in court on civil matters navigate the system. The Family Law Self-Help Center helps self-represented litigants navigate Family Court matters. Since the coronavirus has brought on the need to reduce those visiting the courthouse, both Self-Help Centers are assisting pro per litigants via phone and email. The Self-Help Centers don’t give legal advice; they do direct litigants to the proper forms.
The Civil Legal Aid Self-Help Center can be reached at 702-671-3976 or flshcinfo@lacsn.org on Mondays through Thursdays, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
For assistance from the Family Law Self-Help Center call 702-455-1500 or visit slshcinfo@lacswww.FamilyLawSelfHelpCenter.orgn.org on Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Las Vegas Justice Court clerks’ office is open for walk-in filings, and e-filing. The District Court clerks’ office has an e-filing option as well, but they are closed to walk-ins.
Guide and File forms have been introduced to help self-represented litigants complete filing paperwork properly. The civil and family law Self-Help Centers currently offer 26 guided interviews, with more being developed. The guided interviews ensure that litigants create clear and legible filings that meet all requirements. The system guides pro per litigants through the legal forms with focused questions (called interviews) that generate automated court forms based on their responses. Completed forms can then be filed into the court case management system.
The interviews guide the users to complete the forms correctly. The guided form interviews don’t help users come up with answers or give users specific answers they should enter to meet the legal requirements. If the questions in the interviews are not clear to users, they are instructed to read the section of the Self-Help Center’s website on the form topic http://www.clarkcountycourts.us/self-help-centers/.
The following interviews have been completed and are in use: https://nevada.tylerhost.net/SRL/srl/
- Child Custody Answer & Counterclaim (Clark County)
- Child Custody Complaint (Clark County)
- Collection: Writs, Notice and Instruction (Clark County)
- Cremation: Probate Petition for cremation (Clark County)
- Disburse Money: Petition to disburse money from Minor’s Account (Clark County)
- Divorce: Answer and Counterclaim (Clark County)
- Divorce Complaint (Clark County)
- Divorce Joint petition for divorce (Clark County)
- Family Cases: Motion for Temporary Orders (Clark County)
- Family Cases: Motion to Modify child custody, visitation, and child support (Clark County)
- Fee waiver: Application (Clark County)
- Landlord/Tennant: Complaint for Illegal Lockout or Loss of Essential Services
- Medical Records: probate Petition for Medical Records (Clark County)
- Name Change: Adult name change request (Clark County)
- Safe Deposit Box : Probate Petition to Open Safe Deposit Box (Clark County)
- Small Claims: Complaint (Clark County)
- Small Claims: Counterclaims (Clark County)
- Special Administration: Probate Petition for Special Letters (Clark County)
- Stalking & Harassment: Application for Temporary Protective Order NV protection Order against stalking or harassment
- Summary Eviction: Landlord’s Complaint (Clark County)
- Summary Eviction: Tennant’s Answer (Clark County)
- Transfer & Affidavit: Probate petition for Transfer of Property & Affidavit of Entitlement (Clark County)
- Unemployment Judicial Review: Step 1 Which Interview should I do? (Clark County)
- Unemployment Judicial review: Step 2 – Petition for Judicial Review (Clark County)
- Unemployment Judicial Review: Step 3 – Opening Brief (Clark County)
- Unemployment Judicial Review; Step 4 – Reply Brief (Clark County)
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