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  • Affordable Care Act Insurance Options

    Consumers can compare and purchase their own private insurance plan from options in the “Health Insurance Marketplace.” 

    Family & Personal

    Health

  • Dealing with Contractors

    Natural disasters cause damage to homes, businesses, and city infrastructure. When the storm passes and you are able to investigate the damage, scammers come around. Contractors claiming to be something they are not can take your money and run. People like  roofers, carpenters, and plumbers may claim to help you…

    Family & Personal

    Housing

    Financial Matters

    Disaster Relief

  • Divorce & Children

    Family Law focuses on legal issues affecting family relationships. These laws provide a pathway for adults and children to receive fair, equal results when creating and breaking relationships through the court. Family Law includes matters such as child custody and support, paternity, divorce, alimony, name changes, and domestic violence.

    Family & Personal

    Divorce & Children

  • Ejectment of Unwanted Occupant

    When there is no agreement to pay rent between a property owner and the occupant, an Ejectment lawsuit is the proper action to be filed by a property owner (or a person in lawful possession of the property) to recover possession of the property from an unwanted occupant. While ejectments…

    Family & Personal

    Housing

  • Fair Housing

    All Central Floridians deserve equal housing opportunities. This topic page explains what housing discrimination is, what laws protect you, how to avoid taking part in discrimination, how to proceed if you are the victim, and how fair housing laws effect the lending process.  

    Family & Personal

    Fair Housing | Housing

  • Fees in Lieu of Security Deposit

    Landlords may offer tenants the option to pay a nonrefundable fee instead of a security deposit. This page explores the statutory requirements and other considerations for fees in lieu of security deposit.

    Family & Personal

    Housing

  • Health

    For people unfamiliar with the healthcare system, navigating insurance plans and providers to find quality medical coverage can seem complex, expensive, and a bit intimidating. Florida has a number of health care options available to its residents.  Medicare is federal health care given to people dependent on their age (over…

    Family & Personal

    Health

  • Health Care Wishes and Advance Directives

    Every competent adult has the fundamental right to make decisions about their own health, including the right to choose or refuse medical treatment. If you become incapacitated and can no longer make your own decisions, “advance directives” are helpful tools to enforce your health care wishes. Properly executed advance directives…

    Family & Personal

    Wills, Estates, & Powers of Attorney

  • Housing

    Community Legal Services (CLS) provides legal information and representation to renters and homeowners to help you stay in your home. Information available here includes evictions, landlord-tenant disagreements, subsidized housing, unlawful detainers, ejectments, reverse mortgage foreclosures, mortgage foreclosures, and more.

    Family & Personal

    Housing