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Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
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

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

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

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

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Elder Law
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Provides a collaborative platform to address child support matters in an environment of respect, honesty, humility, and compassion.
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

Veteran Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Tax Information
Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Child Support Enforcement Unit enforces and/or establishes child support orders, medical support for minor children.

Monitors the collection of payments made by the absent parent, if necessary. No custody or visitation issues.

Categories

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Genetic Testing and Screening
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.

Categories

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Contested Divorce Assistance
Paralegal Counseling
Paternity Suits
Grandparent Rights
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Family Law Courts
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Self Representation Assistance
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Child Support Enforcement Unit enforces and/or establishes child support orders, medical support for minor children.

Monitors the collection of payments made by the absent parent, if necessary. No custody or visitation issues.

Categories

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Genetic Testing and Screening
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
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

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

Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Family Law Courts
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Self Representation Assistance
Contested Divorce Assistance
Grandparent Rights
Legal Counseling
Assistance to establish paternity, establish child support orders, and collect child support payments.

Voice Response Unit provides information regarding:
Option 1: Payment Information available Mon-Sun 24 hours - Caller must have a Nebraska Court Order number to use this option (otherwise caller must press option 2); payment information; and current balance.

Option 2: Questions Regarding Child Support Case - Case status; review and modification; intergovernmental cases (out-of-state court orders); enforcement actions (income withholding, credit reporting, etc.); license suspension; payment history requests; address/name/employment changes.

Option 3: Questions Regarding Payments/Employers - Direct deposit or auto withdrawal, electronic payment card (EPC), credit card user ID; website or online payments; requests for user ID's and passwords for website; lost, stolen, or damaged checks; payments received and/or disbursed; and billing statements.

Option 4: General Information - General information regarding child support; enforcement offices, hours of operation and locations.
Offices that are listed include:
Nebraska Child Support Payment Center
Nebraska Customer Service Call Center
Child Support Enforcement Offices; and
Clerk of the District Court Offices.

Option 5: Another IV-D Agency - Information provided to other State Child Support Enforcement agencies.

Categories

Genetic Testing and Screening
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
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

Veteran Benefits Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Tax Information
Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Adoption Legal Services
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
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

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

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Information Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Housing Counseling
Legal Representation
Elder Law
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elected public prosecutor for Lancaster County prosecutes those who are accused by the police of violating the state criminal code. In order to file a criminal case the prosecutor must believe there is sufficient evidence of the accused's guilt to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

Advises county elected officials on legal matters, conducts the county's civil litigation, enforces child support orders, and files petitions relating to mentally ill persons. No legal advice or representation is provided to individual citizens in private legal matters.

Bad check prosecution of individuals for writing or passing insufficient funds, no account, or forged checks. Aids businesses in reducing the number of bad checks received through education. Businesses or individuals can submit checks to Diversion Services, 4435 "O" Street, Suite 96, Lincoln, NE 68510, (402) 483-4444, for criminal prosecution of the offender.

Domestic violence prosecutions of offenders of domestic abuse, and assists victims of such violence in prosecuting their cases in court. Appropriate referrals are made to social service agencies.

Juvenile Division prosecutes law violations committed by juveniles, including truancy cases. Brings abuse and neglect cases against parents before the separate Juvenile Court, and files termination of parental rights cases in appropriate situations.

Mental health commitments are initiated through the County Attorney. Mental health proceedings to involuntary commit persons alleged to be mentally ill and dangerous to themselves or others, and who have refused voluntary treatment for their mental illness.

Collects delinquent child support payments under existing divorce decrees, including contempt proceedings, garnishments, tax intercept, wage assignments, and reciprocal enforcement actions for other jurisdictions.

Establishes paternity, including blood testing, settlements, and trials, if necessary.

Obtains child support orders and modifications in appropriate situations.

Categories

Genetic Testing and Screening
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Public Counsel
Involuntary Psychiatric Intervention
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.