INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS Where Mediation May Be Inappropriate During your meeting with staff of the court’s self-help program, you were asked questions to determine whether mediation would be appropriate in your case. Based on the information you provided it was determined that: MEDIATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN YOUR FAMILY CASE. Steps you Should Take: ‘ 1. Consider getting a lawyer to represent you in your family case. • • Call the local lawyer referral service: _______________________ (phone number). Call the following legal services providers: __________________ (name) ____________________ (phone number). ‘ 2. If you or your child(ren) need protection from abuse, contact the following service provider who may be able to provide you with a safe place to stay, help in getting a civil protective order, or information on how press criminal charges, if appropriate: ___________________________(name of provider) ______________________________ (telephone number) ‘ 3. When you file the papers to begin a divorce, custody or other family case in the Circuit Court, check off the following boxes on the Civil Domestic Case Information Report (DCIR) indicating that: • • ‘ Mediation is NOT appropriate; and There is an allegation of physical or sexual abuse of a party or child. 4. Do NOT put your address or other contact information on any court papers. Tell the Clerk of Court when you file your papers that you want your contact information kept CONFIDENTIAL. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com CM 19 - July 2005