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The Clerk of Court provides a resource for County residents who choose to represent themselves in court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, grandparent rights. Information on legal fees and costs for hiring attorneys is also available. The Clerk of Court does not give legal advice.

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Paralegal Counseling
Self Representation Assistance
Legal Counseling
Contested Divorce Assistance
Family Law Courts
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Grandparent Rights
Paternity Suits
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Appointed by the court to represent children in high-conflict divorce or custody matters. Attorneys work one-on-one with children to listen, support, and advocate for child-focused resolutions. The main focus is to understand the desires of the children and to have them communicated to the court during custody cases to help achieve a child-focused result.

Offers 30-minute free consultations to any individual with a pre-K-12 education question that meets ERC criteria. Criteria are topics in ERC's expertise that need more time than an email response. Consultations do not include legal advice.

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Legal Counseling
Education Advocacy Groups
A third-year law student, under supervision of a licensed attorney, will represent clients in a variety of non-fee generating cases. Civil law cases only, no criminal matters.

Contracts with Nebraska Legal Aid to provide legal assistance.

Provides a resource for county residents who choose to represent themselves In court or have questions on divorce, child custody, paternity, and grandparent rights. This office does not give legal advice.

Categories

Self Representation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Family Law Courts
Legal Counseling
Grandparent Rights
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Contested Divorce Assistance
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
Tax Information
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Elder Law
Provides legal assistance for domestic violence, family and elder law, housing, labor and workplace issues, consumer issues, and human trafficking. Specific services may vary by location, contact for more information.

Assists people with little to no income in obtaining pro bono legal assistance from area lawyers and attorneys in specialized fields while also providing compassion, empathy, and a listening ear to all who come seeking help. Through the CCLS program, the program director matches a client's legal case with an area lawyer who has agreed to represent him/her in the court of law.

CCLS provides assistance in these areas:

-- Adoption.

-- Bankruptcy.

-- Child custody and support.

-- Debt elimination.

-- Employment.

-- Environmental issues.

-- Family Law.

-- Guardianship.

-- Immigration.

-- Landlord-tenant disputes.

-- Real estate transactions.

-- Social security benefits.

-- Traffic accidents.

-- Wills and probate.

Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Legal Counseling
Legal Information Services
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Offers programs for county residents who meet certain income and resource guidelines including general assistance such as rent, utilities, provisions for food and nonfood items, emergency medical and dental services, and funeral expenses. Also includes legal services when funding is available.

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General Relief
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Food Vouchers
General Legal Aid
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance

Services provided to the public include:

- Ask a Lawyer Day: Free phone consultation with a volunteer attorney.

- Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center: Attorneys provide volunteer consultation services, including divorce and family law help.

- Lawyer and legal agency referral services.

- Lawyer in the Lobby program at the 3rd Street Courthouse every Friday for civil matters such as landlord/tenant disputes, eviction cases, foreclosures, name changes, small claims, estates/wills, and guardianships.

Volunteers help with a variety of needs for individuals and families dealing with cancer. Sample tasks may include lawn service, snow removal, housekeeping, companionship, shopping, household repairs, health care billing, legal advice, and computer assistance.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Housekeeping Assistance
Legal Counseling
Residential Snow Shoveling
General Yard Work
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
School System Advocacy
Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Debt Management
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law

For those who do not have an attorney and have a court case that does not involve a jailable offense or traffic matter (no petty offense, misdemeanor, juvenile or felony charges), individuals can call to set up a 15 minute phone call with an attorney.

Monthly program offering free legal advice for low-income residents, as well as other legal resources and self-help forms. Available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Civil law questions only; no criminal law, no appeals.

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
School System Advocacy
Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Debt Management
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
School System Advocacy
Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Debt Management
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
School System Advocacy
Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Debt Management
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
The County Attorney provides prosecution and victim witness services, and is responsible for enforcement of laws and providing legal advice and defense to the county officials. Some of the duties of the County Attorney include prosecution of all crimes committed in the county; defense of the county in all action brought against it; collection of money due on forfeited bonds; legal advisor for the Board of Supervisors and other county officials in official business; and convene the grand jury.

Categories

General Crime Victim Assistance
Criminal History Records
Legal Counseling
Crime Witness Support
District Attorney
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
School System Advocacy
Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Debt Management
Discrimination Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law

Provides limited direct pro bono representation for qualifying families statewide. Capacity is limited and determined after an initial consultation with the family. Only families with an income of 200% of federal poverty guidelines or below are eligible for direct representation.

Categories

Legal Representation

Provides free representation to children and youth involved in juvenile court in Polk County, Iowa. The Youth Law Center provides a free legal advice hotline for youth and professionals who work with youth throughout the State of Iowa.

Categories

Legal Representation
Legal Information Services
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
Tax Information
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Elder Law
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
Tax Information
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Elder Law