Legal Advocacy Resources

Domestic Violence and Legal Help Resources:

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• Mass Legal Help General DV Resources

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• Find Free or Low Cost Legal Assistance

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• Guide to Interviewing Attorneys for Representation: Questions to Ask an Attorney You Are Considering to Handle Your Case

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Housing & Benefits Resources:

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• Facing an Eviction Information

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• MA Defense for Eviction Self-Guided Answer & Discovery

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• Housing Search and Rental Assistance Resources

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• Information About Public Benefits

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• DTA Connect: Apply for SNAP, TAFDC, & EAEDC, Upload Documents, and Communicate with DTA

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• UI Online: Apply for Unemployment Insurance

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Family Law Resources:

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• Information About Child Custody Information About Child Support 

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• Information About Family Law including Divorce, Paternity, Visitation, etc. 

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• Court Forms for Probate and Family Court

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• How to Apply to Waive Court Fees if You Cannot Afford Them

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Restraining Orders and Harassment Prevention Orders Resources:

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• 209A Restraining Order Information 

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• Court Forms for 209A Restraining Orders & 258E Harassment Prevention Orders

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• Restraining Order Process

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• Restraining Order Information

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Immigration Resources:

• Information about Immigration

Language Access Resources:

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Translated Court Information and Forms

• Arabic / النماذِج والمعلومات باللُغة العربية 

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• Chinese / 在中文形式和信息

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• Haitian Creole / Fòm ak enfòmasyon an Kreyòl Ayisyen

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• Khmer / សណ្ឋាន និងព័ត៌មាននានាជាភាសាខ្មែរ

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• Portuguese/Formulários e informações em português

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• Russian / Бланки и данные на русском языке

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• Spanish / Formularios e información en español

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• Vietnamese / Các mẫu đơn của tòa án và thông tin bằng tiếng Việt