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WAYNE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

      RESOURCES FOR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS

Michigan law prohibits court employees from giving legal advice

On-Site Assistance – Visitors have to go through security & comply with security requirements in that location.

  • Michigan Legal Self-Help Centers
  • CAYMC, 2 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Fridays 9am-3pm (sign in by 1:30pm)
  • Computers and Self-Help Center staff (called “navigators”) help visitors find information & court forms on the website & answer basic questions about court procedures.
  • Navigators cannot give legal advice.
  • Salvation Army/William Booth Legal Aid Clinic

    Option 1:  All Family Law Issues (excluding Default Judgments)

    • 12:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. (in person)
    • Each Thursday Every Month (EXCEPT the 1st Thursday)
    • Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
    • 2 Woodward Avenue, 7th Floor – Suite 784
    • Detroit, MI 48226

    Option 2: Default Judgment Clinic Only

    • Attorneys will help prepare all necessary Court documents for Default Judgment of Divorce Proceedings.
    • By Appointment Only: (313) 361-6340
    • 1ST Thursday of Each Month
    • 3737 Lawton Street
    • Detroit, MI 48208

       

    The Detroit Legal Services Clinic

    • The Detroit Legal Services Clinic provides information and advice from volunteer attorneys in the areas of: Divorce, Child Support, Domestic Relations Issues, Expungements, Bankruptcy, Probate, Real Estate, Landlord Tenant, and other Civil Law Issues.
    • See Detroitlawyer.org/clinic


    Wayne County Friend of the Court Outreach

    • UAW – 9650 S. Telegraph Road, Taylor, MI 48180 – 1ST Friday of every month, 9am-3pm
    • ACCESS: Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services – 6450 Maple, Dearborn MI 48126 – 2nd Friday of every month, 9am-3pm
    • Focus: HOPE- 1200 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48238 – 3rd Wednesday of every month, 9am-3 pm.

    Check the Court’s website for a monthly listing of these events (www.3rdcc.org – click on Family Domestic/FOC, then on Free Child Support Help)


    ONLINE RESOURCES

    www.3rdcc.org - The Wayne County Circuit Court website contains a lot of helpful information, including Wayne County FOC forms with filing instructions, and information about e-filing.  

    http://courts.mi.gov/Administration/SCAO/Forms/Pages/search-for-a-form.aspx

    Court forms approved for use by the State Court Administrative Office.

    https://www.courts.michigan.gov/resources-for/the-public/self-represented-litigants/

    The State Court Administrative Office Self-Help Center is a useful resource for self-represented litigants.