Legal Resources for Divorce & Family Law

We are collecting links to resources that can be of value to our clients and other parties facing legal decisions regarding divorce, custody, support and other family law matters. Please let us know if you find this information to be of value, or if there are other resources you would like to recommend.

Articles by John R. Hughes

Mediation - An explanation of the mediation process.

Family Law References

Center for Families, Children & the Courts - The AOC Center for Families, Children & the Courts (CFCC) is dedicated to improving the quality of justice and services to meet the diverse needs of children, youth, families, and self-represented litigants in the California courts.

Divorce & Custody - Official site of the State Bar of California with a questions and answers page regarding divorce and custody.

Legal Information Institute: Family Law - Library of information about marriage, divorce, child custody, support, and estate planning. From Cornell Law School.

Open Directory : Family Law - Web directory providing hundreds of links to website containing legal information, with over 50 links to family law resources.

The Law in the Fifty States - American Bar Association's official site provides tables to summarize the law in all fifty states, including family law.

El Dorado County Resources

El Dorado County Government - Official County site includes links to all departments.

El Dorado County Law Library - The library now offers self-service computerized research at its two locations (550 Main Street, Suite A in Placerville and at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe).

El Dorado County Superior Courts - Official web site of the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. Site includes information on the court system, rules and policies, goals of child custody mediation, addresses and telephone numbers. Tentative rulings are also posted.

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