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Assist parents in working out the terms of their shared custody arrangement in a non-threatening, non-adversarial manner through MEDIATION. Mediation is negotiation and communication with the help of a neutral third party.
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

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Consumer Law
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Sexual Assault Protection/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

Related Services

Consumer Law
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Sexual Assault Protection/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

Related Services

Consumer Law
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Sexual Assault Protection/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

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Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

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Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
To provide custody services in Berks County.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

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Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Secures financial and medical support for minor children and custodial parents by locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity, and enforcing child support orders. Responds to complaints for custody of children, partial custody, visitation, divorce, alimony, and equitable distribution.

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Child Custody Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Genetic Testing and Screening
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
In addition to handling the processing of all Protection From Abuse applications and cases, the Family Courts are responsible for all Juvenile Delinquency cases, Children and Youth cases and Orphans Court cases. The types of cases heard by the Family Court Judges involve custody, dependency, juvenile delinquency, foster care, adoptions, visitation, appointment of guardians, truancy, and estate and accounting matters.

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Juvenile Justice Courts
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Foster Home Placement
Adoption Courts
Estate Entitlement Assistance
Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

Related Services

Consumer Law
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
General Benefits Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Sexual Assault Protection/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Law
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

Related Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

Related Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. May handle the following types of cases: bankruptcy, debt relief, and consumer law; child custod and dependency issues; disaster legal aid (including Hurricane Ida); elder law; expungements, pardons, and record sealing; government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

Related Services

Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
General Legal Aid
Elder Law
General Benefits Assistance
Legal Information Services
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Court Filing Offices
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Predatory Lending Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Legal Representation
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Helps settle most disputes via conflict resolution services, including mediation and conflict coaching. Provides trained mediators for disputes involving neighbors, neighborhood groups, youth-related problems and fights, landlord/tenant, noise, trash, business/consumer, child custody, harassment/vandalism, and other minor criminal issues. Unable to address domestic violence-related situations.

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Conflict Resolution Training
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Consumer Law
Provides filing for civil actions such as Custody/Visitation Matters, Divorce Complaints, Equity Actions, Judgements.UCC Financing Statements,Lien Stipulations, Mechanic/Municipal Liens, Mortgage Foreclosures, Quiet Title Actions. Clerk of Orphans Court process Marriage License applications. Passport and Birth Certificate Information.

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Marriage Licenses
Passports
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Court Filing Offices
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Family Court is responsible for adjudicating child custody concerns, dependency (CYS) issues, adoption and termination of parental rights matters, child support enforcement, and select divorce disputes. These issues can be filed with the court for resolution. Family Court hearings occur in the Brominski Building, as well as Penn Place and the Main Courthouse.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Custody Orders
Court Filing Offices
Promotes the physical and emotional security of children and their families; also provides a safe and supportive environment for monitored custody exchanges and supervised visitations.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Provides free legal services to low-income Philadelphians in areas of family violence and/or child abuse, child custody, child and spousal support and divorce. Special programs for Latina, Asian, and deaf survivors of family violence and teen mothers.

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Comprehensive Family Law Services
Child Abuse Protective/Restraining Orders
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

Related Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Provides legal services for all areas of family law, including child custody, child support, divorce, and estate issues.

Related Services

Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Alimony Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services