Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

Re: Motion to be relieved as counsel-civil

There are no "forms" and your response depends upon the grounds of the motion. However, most courts are likely to grant such a motion. If you have not paid your attorney (a common ground for such a motion) it is unlikely that the court would require him to continue to be your attorney without getting paid--slavery has been abolished. Likewise, another ground is that disagreements between you have arisen, and the mere fact that he wants to stop being your counsel and you won't agree to it is a "disagreement."