Self-represented litigants may seek free assistance from the Family Law Facilitator by email or phone during scheduled times. Voicemail messages and/or emails will be returned, and calls will be answered, on a first come first serve basis during the call-in times listed in the monthly schedule found at:
Placerville Family Law Facilitator Monthly Schedule
South Lake Tahoe Family Law Facilitator Monthly Schedule

Placerville
El Dorado Superior Court
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667
selfhelp@eldorado.courts.ca.gov 

South Lake Tahoe
El Dorado Superior Court
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
sltselfhelp@eldorado.courts.ca.gov 

*Please note that this schedule is subject to change without prior notice. Please be sure to include your name, phone number, and case number (if you have one) with your request.

If you would like your forms reviewed by the Family Law Facilitator prior to filing your documents with the Court, you may submit your completed forms to the Facilitator for review in one of the following ways:

Placerville
El Dorado Superior Court
495 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667
selfhelp@eldorado.courts.ca.gov

South Lake Tahoe
El Dorado Superior Court
1354 Johnson Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
sltselfhelp@eldorado.courts.ca.gov 

For Mail or Drop Box Submissions: Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope so your documents may be returned to you after review.

*Please Note: The Family Law Facilitator does not file your documents for you. 

Once your forms have been reviewed and returned to you, you will need to submit the original and at least two copies, along with the required filing fee or a completed fee waiver application, to the Clerk of the Court for filing. You will also need to provide a paid postage, self-addressed envelope to allow the Court Clerk to return your copies.

Self-represented individuals may seek free assistance with civil matters such as small claims, unlawful detainers, name changes, landlord-tenant and civil harassment restraining orders through the Court’s Office of the Family Law Facilitator/Self-Help Center located at the Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street Placerville, CA 95667. 

Before visiting in person, please check the Family Law Facilitator Monthly Schedule for walk-in clinic and call-in hours.
Email: selfhelp@eldorado.courts.ca.gov 
Phone: (530) 621-5098

The Family Law Facilitator's Office offers monthly workshops via zoom and in person at the El Dorado Law Library on the following topics:

• Beginning a Divorce
• Preparing for the Preliminary Declaration of Disclosure
• Family Law Trial Preparation