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Disaster Preparation and Recovery

Community Legal Services helps people affected by disasters by providing no-cost disaster recovery legal services and assistance in identifying other available resources. This page provides a collection of information to help you and your family members when faced with disaster. Contact us when you need legal help with your disaster…

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Disaster Relief

Community Legal Services helps people affected by disasters by providing free disaster recovery legal services and assistance in identifying other available aid resources. For these purposes, a declared disaster requires that an emergency and major disaster declaration has been made in order to activate FEMA service availability. This statute states in…

Financial Matters

Disaster Relief

District Court of Appeals

Florida’s District Courts of Appeal (individually referred to as a “DCA” or collectively as “DCAs”) review the decisions of lower courts by multi-judge panels. These Courts ensure that lower court decisions were handled appropriately and consistent with our rights. DCAs handle appeals from final judgments in circuit court cases and…

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.

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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…

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Housing

Emergency Rental Assistance

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) makes funding available to state and local governments so they can assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities. Emergency Rental Assistance Programs will be ending very soon as they run out of funds. Open Programs Orange (*Outside of City of Orlando…

Employment Discrimination

Discrimination involves the unfavorable treatment of an employee, in relation to a protected class. Discrimination must be against a protected class. Visit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission page to learn more about the types of discrimination to see if you may be in one or more protected classes of…

Ending a Marriage

In Florida, divorce is known as “Dissolution of Marriage.” You can file a petition for Dissolution of Marriage if you or your spouse have been a resident of Florida for at least six months. You do not have to be represented by an attorney, but it is always best to…

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.

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Fair Housing Testers

Para español, haga clic aquí. What is a Fair Housing tester? Testers are people in the community who take on the role of a prospective homeowner or renter for the purpose of gathering information to identify unlawful discrimination and to ensure that individuals or companies are in compliance with the…