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Eastern Monroe Public
Library The library also subscribes to the Monroe Legal Reporter, a publication of the Monroe County Bar Association. This journal publishes legal advertisements, estate notices, corporation announcements, sheriff's sales, tax sales and other public notices. In addition, the argument list, the criminal trial list, the Prothonotary’s report and a listing of miscellaneous recorded documents are published weekly. A limited number of legal forms are available online for downloading and submitting for publication in the Monroe Legal Reporter. An index to published opinions rendered in Monroe County court cases from 1992 to 2009 is also available online. Click here to reach the website of the Monroe Legal Reporter. The Pennsylvania Bulletin contains statewide and local court rules; the Governor's proclamations and executive orders; actions by the General Assembly; rulemakings by state agencies; proposed rulemakings by state agencies; and state agency notices. EMPL currently subscribes to this publication but it is also available online. |
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County Bar Association 913 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360• phone: (570)424-7288 The Monroe County Bar Association assists local lawyers and the public of Monroe County by providing an opportunity for interaction, education and community related services. The Bar Association has grown to over 200 members and maintains a permanent center at 913 Main Street, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. |
| North Penn Legal Services 10 North Tenth Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 • Phone: (570) 424-5338 • Toll Free: (800) 532-8282 North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) provides civil legal representation to low-income people and ensures equal access to justice for all. As a regional non-profit provider of civil legal aid for more than 40 years, NPLS offers assistance with these civil legal problems: consumer, education, family, elderly, housing, utilities, domestic violence, employment, and public benefits. |
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Complaint for Custody
This custody form is for PARENTS only. Click this link to go to a website where you can create a "Complaint for Custody" that you can use to start a NEW custody case. The site will ask you a series of questions about your custody situation and then create a custody complaint for YOU based on YOUR ANSWERS. This complaint can then be printed and filed in your local court. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a fill-in-the-blank form. IMPORTANT: To use this form, you must use Internet Explorer as your browser and Microsoft Word as your word processor. By: North Penn Legal Services |
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| PALawHELP.org
PALawHELP.org is a guide to legal information and free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Pennsylvania. Here you can locate information on a variety of legal issues, as well as basic eligibility and contact information for the programs providing free legal assistance in Pennsylvania. This guide is a free service which is made possible through a grant from the Legal Services Corporation and the ongoing support of Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. and its member programs. The web site structure was created by Pro Bono.net and content in the site is maintained by Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc., in conjunction with Neighborhood Legal Services Association. |
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Legal Aid Network (PLAN) The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) is the state's coordinated system of organizations providing civil legal aid for those with nowhere else to turn. PLAN offers a continuum of critically needed legal information, advice and representation for low-income individuals and families who face urgent civil legal problems. These problems affect basic needs such as food, shelter, employment, consumer issues, healthcare, and family safety. |
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General Assembly Legislation Before Pennsylvania laws are published in Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated, they can be found as bills in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. This link is the official site for Pennsylvania House and Senate Bills from 1969 to the present and it allows for subject searching. |
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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes from West |
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Pennsylvania Code The Pennsylvania Code is an official publication of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It contains regulations and other documents filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau under the act of July 31, 1968 (P. L. 769, No. 240) (45 P. S. §§ 1102, 1201—1208 and 1602) and 45 Pa.C.S. Chapters 5, 7 and 9, known as the Commonwealth Documents Law (CDL). It consists of 55 titles. |
| Jenkins Law Library is a private law library located in Philadelphia. Although fees must be paid to use most of the law library's services, the law library's website contains links to free legal information and nonlegal research links. |
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| Thomas Find summaries and status reports for bills in Congress, the full text of House and Senate Committee reports, Congressional voting records, links to U.S. Congressional documents, primary documents in American history, and more. |
| Congressional Digest An independent political digest, Congressional Digest presents pro and cons of issues before the U.S. Congress. EMPL subscribes to this monthly print publication and it can be found in the Current Magazines section at the Hughes Library.. Although the current month's issue does not circulate, older issues may be checked out. |
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| Google
Scholar Find full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts using Google Scholar. Use this blog entry to learn how to search for legal opinions on Google Scholar. |
| Nolo.com Nolo's legal encyclopedia contains hundreds of free articles on everyday legal topics such as how to form a non-profit corporation, make a will, or avoid foreclosure. This website also offers low-cost legal forms that can be downloaded. |
| Findlaw.com This site offers FAQs about a large range of common legal issues, and also low-cost downloadable do-it-yourself legal forms. |
| Docstoc This website offers a very wide range of business and legal forms, documents and templates that you can download and modify to meet your needs. Most documents cost at least $10 to download, although a small number of them are free. |
| Lawdepot.com Create customized legal documents in minutes. Answer a few easy questions and print or download your customized legal documents instantly. Create Wills, Lease Agreements, Business Contracts and more. |
last updated March 22, 2013