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Judge Leanne K. Mayberry: Legal Errors and an Unverified Cherokee Claim…read more Judge Leanne K. Mayberry sits on the El Dorado County Superior Court. Her official biography claims Cherokee citizenship. The only public evidence is that her grandmother attended Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma. The Cherokee Phoenix republished a Tahoe Tribune article calling her a Cherokee citizen. The Cherokee Nation has not provided the documentation its enrollment standards require: documented lineal descent from the Dawes Rolls. Boarding school attendance is not accepted as proof. DNA tests and family lore are also rejected. Court records show a pattern of fundamental legal errors. The Safe Harbor Violation: CCP § 128.7(c)(1) requires a 21-day wait after serving a sanctions motion before filing. A motion was filed the same day it was served. Judge Mayberry granted it. Mutually Exclusive Statutes: CCP §§ 128.5 and 128.7 cannot be combined. A motion sought sanctions under both. Judge Mayberry granted it. Defective Proof of Service: Valid service requires the correct address and consent for email. Judge Mayberry accepted service with the wrong address and an unconsented email, despite the correct address being on file. Silencing a Litigant: At a hearing, a litigant was prohibited from speaking while opposing counsel spoke freely. No accommodation was offered. Defective Sanctions Order: Judge Mayberry signed a $20K sanctions order against a low-income disabled litigant. The order misspelled the litigant's name. It contained no evidence, no itemization, and no finding on ability to pay. Peremptory Challenge: CCP §170.6 gives litigants the right to disqualify one judge per case. After a litigant filed such a challenge, Judge Mayberry did not recuse. Court clerks now reject every filing from that litigant. No motions. No oppositions. No appeals. No new cases. The kangaroo courthouse door is locked. Questions for Institutions: Cherokee Nation: Is Judge Mayberry an enrolled citizen? What is her documented Dawes Roll ancestry? CJP: Has the Commission reviewed these legal errors? Governor's Office: Was her legal knowledge tested? Was her citizenship claim verified? A judge who does not know basic civil procedure, who silences litigants, who accepts defective service, and who retaliates against those who exercise their statutory rights should not be on the bench. The Commission should investigate. The public should pay attention. Based on public court records, judicial biographies, Cherokee Nation statements, and California statutes.

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Mandy is amazing , She gets it done and even with difficult people. I had a tight dead line and my…read moreattorney forgot some paperwork, needless to say I had to serve again she did that too. I'd highly recommend A Better Process and I'm not her brother either a real paying customer.

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Miss Sandy Hurley helped my mother to be free Miss Sandy…read moreHurley helped my mother to be free from my abusive father. (her husband). I can't thank her enough for all her help. I am 20 yrs old and the amount of paperwork they had to do boggles my mind. My mom believes that God led her to Miss Sandy. I do too. Over these last 2 very difficult years, my mom and Sandy have become great friends. I have been in Miss Sandy's beautiful, professional office and even to her home. She is warm and kind and my mother has realized a settlement, in main part because of Miss Sandy's experience, advice, direction, hard work and self sacrifice. Thank you so much Miss Sandy. My mother is already so much happier and soon will have a future that is not under the shadow of abuse. I don't know how she would have achieved what she has without you. When she prayed for God to help her, she didn't know that, right on time, she had been praying for you. And I pray that God will continue to bless you.

I have worked with Sandy for over a year now. She helped my ex spouse and I complete the paperwork…read morefor divorce. While she is very friendly and a "nice" person, she is not professional and often has periods of time where you can't reach her, even for months. It really causes problems when you need legal work done and she is completely non-responsive. Don't believe me? Read other reviews. Or try calling her, 90% of the time her voicemail is full and she doesn't bother returning phone calls for days or even weeks. Often sending a quick text "I'll call you back" only to never call back at all. Most recently I hired her to do some adjustments to our divorce agreement and she took the money, had me sign an agreement, lied about the cost of the filing fee (it is $60), but she charged me $90. The court used to charge $90 last year, but due to procedural changes around court recorders stopped charing $90 and went to $60 over a year ago. She often takes advantage of things like this - it's dishonest. She took $600 up front on my credit card. She immediately became non-responsive and even to date, today which is December 3rd, 2024, she was paid the beginning of September, she has not provided a billing statement (requested many many times), never sent me paperwork she filed so I had no idea something was being done at all (even to date, I have not received it) - I had to hire another paralegal Robin Lowe to dig it up so I knew what court date it was. I'm done. It's exhausting when someone who takes your money and promises to do work is so unprofessional and completely disrespectful of other's time and any sense of urgency whatsoever.

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Excellent service. Professional, timely, knowledgeable…read more Really assisted a stressful situation with professionalism. Thank you.

Rob Hessee is an easy person to talk to, i had questions and he got back to me right away. He made…read moreme feel at ease about the process of finding a loved one. Explained how to go about tracking a person. Gave me great advice and was totally fair about costs. In fact he did not even charge me ! I will definitely be a customer in the future. I strongly recommend this business, thank you again, Tracy

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Our office recently worked with Angela to obtain documents from the court in Sacramento. Everything…read morewent smoothly and without any issues. Angela was very responsive and provided exactly the documents we needed. We would not hesitate to work with her again in the future. If you're looking for professional, reliable, and efficient assistance--look no further. Thank you, Angela!

Listen, if I could check no stars, I would. DON'T USE THIS COMPANY! Prepared Legal charged me $180…read moreup front for two attempted services at CSC, the big agent for service of process in Sacramento, but failed by going to the wrong place and then refused to take responsibility, insisting on another $180 to correct its mistake. So entirely unprofessional. Things were filed late as a result. Try River City Process. They do what they say they'll do on time and for about the same money and are helpful, not insistent or demanding. Don't bite on Prepared Legal's advertised $50 per-service rate. Can hardly wait to see how the staff-sargeant woman at Prepared Legal justifies how she mistreated me. This is a money-first outfit.

I can't say enough about how helpful and responsive Melanie was in completing my divorce paperwork…read more She reached out very quickly and the price really cannot be beat. I've spent almost 3 years trying to do all the paperwork on my own, and for one reason or another, struggled to get anything finalized. Within a week, Melanie had put together all my necessary paperwork and went in person to the courthouse. Thank you, Mel & Mo's for making something so stressful so simple.

I would definitely recommend Mel and Mo's!! Very fast turnaround, kind, professional and went above…read moreand beyond to help me. Thank you for everything!