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The UC Davis Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic provides free legal assistance to victims of intimate partner violence and sexual assault in the region. Although the Clinic provides legal advice and advocacy on a variety of legal issues impacted by the abuse, the Clinic currently only provides full legal representation to low-income petitioners in Domestic Violence Restraining Order cases (DVROs) and Civil Harassment Order (CHOs) filed against intimate partners, sexual abusers, or stalkers in Yolo County.

The Clinic is limited in the number of individuals that can be represented and does not accept new cases during the summer. In addition, Clinic students provide court forms assistance and information about the court process to petitioners representing themselves through a free weekly workshop on Friday mornings at the Yolo County Family Self-Help Center.  

For more information about our services and to complete an intake, call (530) 752-6532.

Other community resources include:

• Empower Yolo (crisis line, shelter, counseling, legal advocacy)
• Yolo County Family Law Facilitator’s Office/ Self-Help Center (assistance to people without lawyers in family law cases)
• UC Davis Center for Advocacy Resources and Education  (confidential advocacy resource for UC Davis students, staff, and faculty)

The Small Claims Advisor provides resources and answers to specific questions. Please view the information on this website and other resource Links which may answer all of your questions.

The Family Law Facilitator can assist people who are not represented by an attorney and who need to file or answer a petition to establish parental relationship; obtain genetic testing to determine parentage; calculate or modify child and/or spousal support; enforce child support orders; establish or question child or spousal support arrearage; challenge a wage assignment; respond to Department of Child Support Services complaints or motions; prepare an income and expense declaration; obtain court review of the revocation or denial of your driving privileges due to nonpayment of child support and assist with orders after hearing, if so directed by the court.

Mediation services are available to litigants who have a current case involving the custody and visitation of their minor child(ren). The goal of our mediators is to facilitate a custody/visitation arrangement between the parents that is in the best interest of the minor child(ren). A mediation appointment can be made by calling 209-533-6565.  When calling to make an appointment, please make sure that you have your case number and the mailing address of the other party.  The mediators will not make an appointment for just one party, both parties must participate.  If your case involves domestic violence restraining orders, please advise the clerk's office when making the appointment, and one of the parties will be instructed to call in at the appointment time so that the restraining order is not violated, and the protected person has a safe environment for mediation.  Mediation services are non-recommending, which means the mediator does not testify in court or write any recommendation to the court.