Divorce Helpline

Divorce Helpline is a California-based legal practice specializing in mediation and collaborative divorce solutions. Founded in 1989, our team of attorney mediators and legal professionals focuses on empowering clients to navigate the divorce process with confidence, efficiency, and personalized support. We offer various services, including document preparation, child and spousal support calculations, and customized legal packages tailored to individual needs. By prioritizing mediation over traditional litigation, Divorce Helpline helps families achieve fair outcomes while minimizing stress and costs associated with divorce proceedings.

Our Santa Cruz office is led by attorney mediator Allison Hardin, who has extensive experience in collaborative law and mediation. Allison is dedicated to helping clients navigate their divorce or legal separation, specializing in domestic partnerships, same-sex marriages, QDROs, contract negotiations, and assisting families dealing with addiction. She and the Santa Cruz legal team have supported hundreds of individuals in successfully managing their divorce or legal separation, helping them move forward in their lives.

At Divorce Helpline, we provide a range of services, including divorce mediation and private judge options. Mediation allows you and your spouse to work together with a neutral attorney to negotiate and settle your divorce. Our experienced attorney mediators have helped clients with varying degrees of complexity, from a few issues to more contentious situations, to find solutions and reach a final agreement. For those seeking more control and privacy, we offer private judge services, allowing you to select your own private judge to address unresolved issues and provide a legally binding decision. This service offers greater control over your divorce process and ensures privacy that is not available through the public court system, along with the potential to expedite proceedings.

If you are going through a litigated divorce, we also provide coaching, consultation, document preparation and review, collaborative divorce services, child and spousal support calculations, and other litigation support to help ease the process for you and your children.

Contact us today to connect with our Santa Cruz legal team. If you’re facing a divorce or legal separation and need support, Divorce Helpline is here to help.