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Official record keeper of the Court. All Civil, Probate, Traffic, Criminal, and Juvenile cases are filed through the Clerk's office. Also collects and disperses all monies ordered to be paid by the court.

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County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

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Health Related Advocacy Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child support services are available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, or establishing or enforcing child support or medical support, regardless of income.
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

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

- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed in Douglas County.

- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of Douglas County.

- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

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Crime Victim Support
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.

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

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

Works closely with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and other agencies and advocacy organizations to ensure that families throughout the state receive the support they need to raise their children.

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

Categories

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
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

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

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

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

- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed in Marion County.

- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of Marion County.

- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Crime Victim Support

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

Categories

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.
The County Clerk of Court 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 also provides information on legal fees and costs for hiring attorneys. This office does not give legal advice.

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Paralegal Counseling
Grandparent Rights
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Counseling
Paternity Suits
Contested Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Family Law Courts
Legal Information Services
Self Representation Assistance

Services to help survivors of domestic violence, older adults, people with disabilities, and immigrant survivors of violence and trafficking:

- Orders of Protection for people experiencing domestic violence.

- Divorce, custody, or child support in cases involving domestic violence or child endangerment.

- Elder abuse, including financial exploitation.

- Other court orders to stop abuse, harassment, or stalking.

- Immigration issues faced by survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.

- Guardianships of minors and adults to ensure safety and stability.

Categories

Health Related Advocacy Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
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

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

Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes within the county, assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection, and goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Public Counsel
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement

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

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

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

Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Elder Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Tax Information
Housing Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Debt Management
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Provides legal representation in civil cases for low-income eligible Story County residents. Services include civil protective orders (domestic, sexual, and elder abuse), dissolution of marriage, child custody, visitation, will, power of attorney, paternity, guardianship, conservatorship, debtor/creditor, landlord/tenant, unemployment benefits appeals.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Will Preparation Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Consumer Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Advance Medical Directives
Labor and Employment Law
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Representation
Child Support Recovery Unit is a program to assist (both public assistance and non-public assistance) families with child support recovery.