Criminal & Trial
Handbook for the Accused
by Roger Lampkin & J. Anthony Bryan. A guide for defendants in California’s “plea machine” – shows how to work with your lawyer, assert your rights, and actively assist in building your defense instead of passively pleading guilty.
California Criminal Defense Motions in Limine
by Victor VeVea & Roger Lampkin. A practical collection of California criminal trial motions in limine, featuring updated forms and arguments to exclude prejudicial evidence, manage courtroom procedure, and strengthen pretrial defense strategy.
The Criminal Law Handbook
A plain-English guide to the criminal justice system, explaining legal rights from police stops, searches, arrests, arraignment, bail, plea bargains, trials, sentencing, and appeals to understanding attorneys, courts, crimes, and punishments.
Paralegal Handbook: California Criminal Defense
An in-depth guide to California criminal defense procedures for paralegals and case assistants, featuring sample pleadings and motions, filing and hearing instructions, court rules, and practical guidance from arraignment through post-conviction proceedings.
Family & Divorce
How to Do Your Own Divorce in California
A comprehensive California divorce guide for obtaining an uncontested divorce without an attorney, covering required forms, community property, child custody and support, spousal support, debt division, settlement agreements, and final court judgments.
How to Manage a Contested Divorce in California
A practical guide to handling a contested California divorce, covering case strategy, court procedures, working with or without an attorney, and resolving complex disputes involving property division, support, and child custody.
Prenuptial Agreements: How to Write a Fair & Lasting Contract
A practical guide to creating a California prenuptial agreement, covering financial disclosure, property and debt arrangements, inheritance and business protection, and ensuring the agreement is fair, enforceable, and beneficial to marriage.
California Marriage Law
A concise guide to California marriage and divorce law, covering prenuptial agreements, property division, child custody, support issues, and practical strategies for avoiding common legal and financial pitfalls.
Legal Essentials for California Couples
Couples Contract approach for California couples married, engaged, or cohabiting, explaining default laws affect finances and property and create a personalized agreement setting expectations, protecting assets, avoiding future legal conflicts.
Estate & Planning
How to Probate an Estate in California
guide to California probate settling a deceased person’s estate: reading will, collecting and inventorying assets, court paperwork, paying debts and taxes, transferring property to beneficiaries, closing estate, tasks doable without lawyer.
Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child’s Financial Future
A guide to setting up a special needs trust under California and federal law, explaining how to protect a disabled loved one’s eligibility for benefits like SSI and Medi-Cal while using the trust to manage money or property, including forms and instructions for creating, funding, and administering the trust.
Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It
A California guide for families navigating long-term care, covering nursing homes, assisted living, and home care, payment options like Medi-Cal, Medicare, veterans benefits, insurance, strategies to protect assets, ensure quality care.
Landlord & Tenant
The California Landlord’s Law Book: Rights & Responsibilities
The definitive California landlord guide to rental management and legal compliance, covering tenant screening, lease drafting, security deposits, rent control, evictions, repairs, property entry, liability avoidance, and dispute prevention, with practical forms and guidance.
The California Landlord’s Law Book: Evictions
A California landlord guide to legally removing problem tenants through unlawful detainer, including notices (3-day pay or quit, 30/60-day), filing eviction lawsuits, handling defenses, obtaining judgment, and sheriff-enforced lockout.
California Tenants’ Rights
A California renter’s guide to legal rights and remedies, covering renting in a competitive market, rent control protections, repairs for mold or pests, privacy and quiet enjoyment rights, lease termination, security deposit recovery, and strategies to fight eviction or landlord harassment.
Every Landlord’s Legal Guide
A legal guide for landlords (including California), covering tenant screening and advertising without discrimination, drafting leases, handling security deposits, privacy rights, repairs, and complaints, plus state-by-state rules on rent control and evictions to prevent legal issues.
The Foreclosure Survival Guide
A California homeowner guide to avoiding foreclosure, covering the foreclosure timeline and rights, loan modification, repayment plans and short sales, dealing with second mortgages, COVID-related relief programs, scam prevention, and financial recovery whether keeping or losing the home.
Business & Court
Everybody’s Guide to Small Claims Court in California
Plain-English guide to California small claims court, covering eligibility (claims up to $10,000), filing forms, serving defendants, presenting evidence, handling counterclaims, and collecting judgments, with practical tips for success without a lawyer.
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California
A complete guide to forming and operating a California nonprofit, covering charitable purpose selection, naming, incorporation, bylaws, board governance, federal 501(c)(3) and state tax exemptions, annual reporting, fundraising compliance, and required forms.
Credit Repair: Make a Plan, Improve Your Credit, Avoid Scams
A step-by-step guide to improving credit under California and federal law, covering credit report errors, creditor and debt collector negotiations, removal of inaccurate information, credit rebuilding, and protection against scams and identity theft.
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