No — the $79 will be our fee for preparing, filing, and arranging service. The court's own filing fee ($30–$75 in most California counties, depending on your claim amount) is separate and paid directly to the clerk. If paying it would be a hardship, we'll flag the fee-waiver option for you.
Once the filing service launches: if a court clerk rejects a packet we prepared, we'll refund our $79 fee. That's a process guarantee about our paperwork — not a guarantee about how your case turns out, which nobody can honestly offer.
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, we don't see or store what you type, and there's no account or credit card involved. It'll stay free after the filing service launches too.
No, at any price. We prepare documents from your own words and explain the court's own procedures. Questions about strategy or whether to settle go to your free county Small Claims Advisor (CCP § 116.940).