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

• 1145 Penobscot Building (at the FOC),

  645 Griswold, Detroit, Monday through Thursday, 9am-4pm (sign in by 2:30pm)

• 1901 CAYMC, 2 Woodward Avenue,Detroit, Fridays 9am-4pm (sign in by 2:30pm )

• 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

  By appointment only.

• The Detroit Legal Services Clinic

• Free legal aid & assistance to qualifying individuals
• Visitors must arrive early and sign in
• 1^st Thursday each month for default issues only

• 13^th Floor Penobscot Building on specific Tuesdays each month from 12pm to 3pm
• Free legal advice from volunteer attorneys on domestic relations issues, expungement, self-representation, general civil law
• See detroitlawyer.org/clinic or call (313) 961-6120 for dates

Wayne County Friend of the Court Outreach

• UAW – 15140 Livernois, Detroit MI 48238 – 1^ST Friday of every month, 9am-3pm
• ACCESS: Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services – 6450 Maple, Dearborn MI 48126 – 2^nd Friday of every month, 9am-3pm
• LA SED: Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development – 4138 Vernor Hwy, Detroit MI 48209 – 2^nd Friday of every month, 10am -4pm
• Focus: HOPE - 1200 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48238 – 4^th Wednesday of every month, 9am-3 pm
• Team Wellness Center – 6309 Mack Avenue, Detroit MI 48207 – 4^th Thursday of every month, 9am-3pm
• Starfish Family Services- 26429 Michigan Ave, Inkster 48141- 2^nd Friday of every month
• The Resource Network- 11816 Jos Campau, Hamtramck 48212- 3^rd Tuesday of every month

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.

http://courts.mi.gov/self-help/center/pages/default.aspx

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