FAYETTE COUNTY LEGAL HELP CENTER

The Fayette County Legal Help Center offers free legal information for people who are handling certain legal matters on their own. The center opened in March 2022 and is the first of its kind in Kentucky, The Legal Help Center offers information on a variety of legal topics, including divorce, expungement, child support and simple probate matters.

How Legal Help Center Works:
The Legal Help Center is staffed with KAJC staff and volunteers from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. ET each Thursday. While volunteers do not provide legal advice, they do offer legal information, which includes helping patrons locate and fill in the correct legal forms on a variety of topics.

Many of the forms that patrons need can be completed through guided interviews. The guided interviews are user-friendly, with the patron simply answering a series of questions. Once the interview is complete, the program generates the required court documents. Guided interviews are available on these matters:

Dissolution of marriage (no minor children)
Motion to modify child support
Petition for order of protection
Small claims court complaint
Petition for probate
Petition for expungement (for misdemeanor, violation or traffic infraction conviction)
Motion for waiver of court costs and fees
Affidavit of Indigency
Petition for Name Change
Dispense with Administration