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Greater Oregon Facilitation Initiative (GOFI)

Hands with sign saying FacilitatingGreater Oregon Facilitation Initiative (GOFI) services are free to all self-represented parties regardless of income. We provide information, assistance, and navigation to litigants in family law cases so they can meaningfully participate in the court process. These services are available through our facilitators and shared resource in Benton, Clackamas, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Lane, Linn, Marion, Sherman, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, Wheeler Counties.

 Contact Us

You can call anytime during open hours to speak to a facilitator.

 Telephone
503-986-5909

Email

Send us an email by using our Online Form

 Facilitator Hours
Monday thru Friday
9am - 12pm and 1pm - 4pm (PT) 
Excluding Holidays 

 GOFI Scheduling 
Information

You can book an appointment online to meet with a facilitator by phone or video. Please follow the link below.

Schedule A Facilitator

 Participating Local 
Court Websites

Select your local court from the drop down to be taken to that participating county's homepage.



What Information Can Facilitators Provide?
Our facilitators are not lawyers. Facilitators can help explain court procedures, review forms, and refer to other services and resources. Facilitators cannot give legal advice. GOFI assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or legal effects of the information contained in any written or verbal instructions or forms.

  • Help you find the right forms and understand how to complete them.
  • Explain how court procedures and rules work.
  • Explain how to begin a court action.
  • Refer you to agencies or resources that provide legal services and information.​
  • Review documents and forms to make sure they are complete.
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  • ​Recommend one procedure over another.
  • Tell you what you should do or give an opinion about your options.
  • Advise or recommend you take a particular action.
  • Recommend a specific attorney or guess about the outcome of your case.
  • Tell you what to write on a form or what to say in court.


 Resources

  Find additional information by visiting the sites and resources displayed below.

Oregon State Bar

Oregon State Bar

Access legal information topics and options for getting legal help.

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Fee Waiver

Fee Deferral and Waiver Information

Find information and forms about how to ask the court to waiver or defer fees and costs. Fees and costs are required in most civil and family law cases. The court can only defer or waive fees if you are low-income (according to federal poverty guidelines).

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Contact us

Oregon Department of Justice

Access the child support calculator, Rules and Laws, accounting services, and enforcement.

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Hours of operation

Parenting Class

If you are involved in a child custody case as part of a divorce, legal separation, or unmarried parent custody case you are required to attend a parent education class. Find the court approved class for your area.

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Appellate eFile

Oregon Law Help

Find answers to legal questions, sample forms, and information about courts, lawyers and social service organizations that provide services related to family law.

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Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs

Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Greater Oregon Facilitation Initiative (GOFI)

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