COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday took action to shut down the owner of a business that offered a Greater Cleveland woman help with a quick divorce settlement.

The court found that Norm Hernick, who does not have a law license in Ohio, was engaged in the unlawful practice of law, ordered him to refund money to the client and pay a $1,000 fine. Hernick owns companies called Law Online Inc. and A Divorce Fast.

The client, a woman named Andrea Colburn, contacted A Divorce Fast in 2007 seeking to end her marriage, according to the court.

After paying $539, A Divorce Fast prepared her divorce complaint, citing irreconcilable differences for ending the relationship. But when she tried to file the action in Cuyahoga County, she was told the paperwork was unacceptable, the Supreme Court said.

The paperwork prepared by A Divorce Fast also failed to include any provisions for child custody and support, although Coburn was led to believe it would, the court said.

Court workers helped her with the paperwork, and she ultimately was granted a divorce on other grounds.

The case was brought against Hernick by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, which at one point convinced the Supreme Court to order Hernick be jailed for not complying with orders to appear for depositions.

The Supreme Court’s decision notes Hernick admitted he engaged in the unauthorized practice of law when his company prepared Colburn’s complaint.

The case was one of three in which the Supreme Court held on Tuesday that a party was engaged in unauthorized practice of law.

In one case, brought by the Cincinnati Bar Association, the court barred American Mediation & Alternative Resolutions from representing clients who were in debt in their settlements with creditors.

In the other case, brought by the Ohio State Bar Association, the court fined a man $7,000 for filing property records in court and representing clients although he had not law license. One couple that had hired the man subsequently lost their house to foreclosure.