Trusted Legal Document Preparation in Ridgecrest

No. Our Ridgecrest address, 1500 McLean Street, Suite 171, is for mailing and document drop-off only, and we do not meet clients there. Ridgecrest-area services are mobile or remote, and remote clients can work with us by phone, Zoom, or text and exchange documents securely online.

We prepare paperwork for divorce, child custody and support, restraining orders, estate planning and trusts, probate, name changes, business formation, deeds, evictions, and QDROs for clients in Ridgecrest and nearby towns. See the full list of our services.

The Kern County Superior Court's Ridgecrest courthouse is at 132 E. Coso Ave. and is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. It hears divorce, legal separation, custody, support, paternity, domestic violence, name change, civil harassment, small claims, and eviction cases for Ridgecrest and the nearby ZIP codes on its list, including Inyokern, China Lake Acres, Johannesburg, and Randsburg. Child support cases the county child support agency brings from those ZIP codes are filed there too; from elsewhere in Kern County, the agency files them in Bakersfield. We prepare your documents for the court where your case is filed.

Probate, guardianship, and conservatorship cases for all of Kern County, including Ridgecrest, are filed at 2100 College Avenue in Bakersfield, the court's Juvenile Justice Center building, not at the Ridgecrest courthouse. Under Kern's probate rules, some properly filed matters need no court appearance. Others always need one, including a petition to confirm a property sale, a spousal property petition, a petition to appoint a guardian or conservator, and any petition someone objects to. We prepare the probate paperwork at your direction.

For most California name change petitions, the court's order to show cause runs in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for four weeks in a row before the hearing. The Kern court's newspaper list, revised September 21, 2026, lists The Daily Independent in Ridgecrest at $100 for a name change notice, with the paper filing the proof of publication. Prices can change, and court fee waivers do not cover publication. We prepare name change paperwork at your direction.

The City of Ridgecrest requires a business license for any business located in the city and for outside businesses that come into the city to do business. A business run from a home in the city also needs a Home Occupation Permit, submitted with the license application, and the home must be the applicant's primary residence. The City's 2026–27 application adds a $25 processing fee and a $4 state-mandated fee to the license fee, and every license expires on December 31. The license and permit come from the city; we prepare the LLC and DBA paperwork at your direction.

We are not attorneys, and we cannot give legal advice or represent you in court. Our Legal Document Assistant work is performed by our Ridgecrest office under Tyler Brewer, Kern County LDA #237, preparing paperwork at your specific direction for people who represent themselves. If you would rather have an attorney involved, you can instead choose optional paralegal services performed under the direction and supervision of a California-licensed attorney, who sets the fees and terms for that option.