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Adoption

• Accessing Adoption Records, Adoption Resources, Adult Adoptee's, Obtaining birth and or adoption records, Vital Statistics Forms and more.

Affidavit General

• A General Affidavit is a written statement, sworn to be true, giving specific reasons to support the things you are asking a judge to do. It is required when you ask the court for "extraordinary" or extra special relief like removing someone from a home or protecting children from an abusive parent.
  These forms have instructions on how to complete the affidavit and a blank affidavit form.

Affidavit of Heirship

• Affidavit of Heirship for a motor vehicle VTR-262.

Affidavit of Inability to Pay

• The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees.

Agricultural Worker Protection Act

• Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

AIDS/HIV

• Aids Services of Austin, CDC National Prevention Information Network, HIV Waivers, Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, Valley AIDS Council.  

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Annulments

• Laws and Forms needed to file.

Answer / Orginial Answer

• If a Respondent does not want to waive his or her rights in the lawsuit, he or she should file an Answer, instead of signing a Waiver of Citation. 

Assistive Technology

• Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a toll-free information and referral service on job accommodations for people with disabilities.

Asylum and Refugee Status

• Applying for refugee status, immigration forms, beware of dishonest immigrant consultants and more.

Attorney

• Attorney complaint information, attorney-client dispute information, grievance questions and answers, Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedures and Professional Conduct for Texas Attorneys and more.

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Attorney Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills

• Forms for consent of medical treatment, directive to physicians and family or surrogates, do not resuscitate and information on (Power of Attorney)

Automobiles

• A consumer's guide to buying a car, automobile insurance, warranties, questions and answers, car repair, flood damaged vehicles and much more.

Bankruptcy

• How do I apply for bankruptcy without a lawyer?, When should I apply for bankruptcy?, Alternatives to Bankruptcy.

Battered  Spouse

• Battered spouse waiver frequently asked questions, violence against women act, how to apply for immigration benefits as a battered spouse or child and immigration forms, self-petitions. 

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Benefits

• Veterans Organizations in Texas , health benefits and services, Coast Guard and more.

Birth Records 

• Accessing Adoption Records, Adoption Resources, Adult Adoptee's, Obtaining birth and or adoption records, Vital Statistics Forms and more.

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Burial & Memorials

• Estate Planning Tool Kit of Military and Family Members and survivor benefits.

Cars / Automobiles

• A consumer's guide to buying a car, automobile insurance, warranties, questions and answers, car repair, flood damaged vehicles and much more.

Cash Assistance (TANF)

• Public benefits, application for assistance, eligibility office locator, TANF eligibility (cash assistance), STARS State of Texas Assistance and Referral System.

Child Custody / Visitation

• Common question about child custody, how does domestic violence affect children, visitation for children under age 3, who will get primary custody and more.

Child Support

• Wage garnishment law, paternity establishment, how to find a noncustodial parent, how to establish child support, Modification forms and more.

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Children's Medicaid/Health Programs :

• Application for long-term care services, Children with special health care needs, children's health insurance programs, Family health services information & referral line and more.

Citizenship/Naturalization

• Questions and answers about citizenship and naturalization, Attorney General Abbott Targets Fraudulent "Notarios" and Others who scam immigrants and more.

Civil Rights Others  

• Expunction of Records in Collin County , Nondisclosure of Criminal History Information and Prisoner Resource Guide.

Consumer/Finance Others

• Borrower Beware the high cost of small loans, pawn brokers and rent-to-own, charitable raffles, door-to-door sales, giving to charities, stop phone slamming and more.

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Contract for Deed

• What is a contract, what if my contract for deed is an oral contract and other questions and answers.

Contracts 

• Questions and Answers about contracts, how to buy a used car, consumer complaints.

Corrections

• Correcting a Clerical Mistake in a Judgment (Nunc Pro Tunc)
  Use these forms to fix a mistake, when the orde that the judge has signed is incorrect.

Credit Reports and Credit Access

• Cautions when using ATM, Debit and Credit cards, options, tips, repairing your credit and identity theft.

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Custody/Visitation

• Common question about child custody, how does domestic violence affect children, visitation for children under age 3, who will get primary custody and more.

Debt Collection

• Questions and answers about debt collection, what to do you are sued for a debt that you owe, wage garnishment law, consumer complaint against a business and more.

Default Judgment Kit

• These forms explain what you need to do to get a final judgment when the other party will not respond to the lawsuit or appear in court. This kit includes instructions and explanations about what you must do, a checklist for the forms you need, and the actual forms you can use.
  

Deportation or Removal

• Overview of the deportation process, rights as an undocumented immigrant, rights as an immigrant detained by the immigration service and immigration forms.
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Disabilities: Americans with Disabilities Act

• Disability Act, ADA your rights as an individual with a disability and more.

Disability Access and Accommodation

• Americans with Disabilities Act Focus on Employment, Legally adequate consent, small employers and reasonable accommodation, ADA you employment rights as an individual with disability and work at home/ telework as a reasonable accommodation.

Disability Help

• CIDC Insurance premium payment assistance, Public Information Act, benefits and more.

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Disabled: Rights of the Disabled 

• American with Disabilities Act, learn about legal protections from discrimination based on a disability, small employers and reasonable accommodation, ADA your employment rights as an individual with disability.

Discrimination (Equal Protection)

• Facts about age discrimination, national origin, pregnancy, religion, disabilities and more.

Discrimination

• Rental Housing Discrimination, How to file a complaint, Fair housing laws and more.

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Divorce

• Do-It-Yourself court forms for a divorce with or without children in Texas or Travis County , Affidavit of inability to pay a sworn statement telling the court you cannot pay the court's filing fees and much more.

DOD
Servicemember's Affidavit Instructions

• The Department of Defense to determine whether or not the respondent is serving in the military.
  Go to https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/owa/scra.home

• List of forms available include: 

Affidavit of Inability to Pay Court Cost / DWOP / Default Judgment Kit / Divorce In Texas WITH Children  / Divorce In Texas WITHOUT Children   / Expunction  /  General Affidavit  / Service by Posting Kit  / Legal Notice  / Modification Kit  / Name Change for an Adult and Child  / Occupational Driver's License  / Original Answer Information Sheet  / Paternity Kit  / Service by Publication Kit  / Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service  / Substitute Service Kit  /  The uncontested process in Travis County, Texas / Annulment / Termination of withholding for Child Support Kit / Nunc Pro Tunc (Correct a clerical mistake in a judgment) / SAPCR (Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship)

Domestic Violence (Protective Orders)

• Protective Order Kit with step-by-step instructions and court forms that you can use on your own and video, resources for battered immigrant women, about marital rape and much more.

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Drafting a Will

• Brochure explaining the advantages of having a will, questions and answers and self-help guide.

Driver's License / Occupational Drivers License 

• You lost your license, but need to drive.....
  An Occupational Driver's License may be just what you need.

Due Process

• Texas Employment Discrimination Law.

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DWOP (free forms)

• Is your case about to be dismissed ("DWOP"ed) because you have taken no action? Use these forms to ask the Court to keep your case on the docket.

Dying Without a Will (Intestacy)

• Brochure that explains the advantages of having a will, as well as the bad things that can happen if you die without a will (intestate).

Elder Law Issues

• Others: living trust scams and the senior consumer, HICAP Health Information Counseling and Advocacy Program, Protecting Senior Texans, Self-Help Guides for Elders from AARP and more.

Employment Discrimination

• Facts about age, national origin, pregnancy, religious discrimination and much more.

Employment Others

• Wage Garnishment Law: When can your wages be garnished (taken) to pay for a debt that you owe?

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Employment Petitions (VISAS)

• Immigration Forms: Download the latest versions of immigrations forms (with instructions) from the official U.S. government website for free.

Energy Assistance

• Utility bill help, weatherization program.

Estate Planning

• To Will on Not to Will explains the advantages of having a will, as well as the bad things that can happen if you die without a will ("intestate").

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Estates Small Estates

• Administering and Estate and Probate, To Will or Not to Will.

Eviction

• What your rights are as a tenant, eviction, breaking a lease, security deposit, discrimination, subleases, unlawful seizure of property demand letter and more.

Expunction

• Clearing your record of an arrest. You may have a right to have all records of your arrest destroyed.

Fair Labor Standards (Minimum Wage, Overtime Pay, Child Labor)

• FLSA Fair Labor Standards, minimum wage questions and answers, overtime pay requirements, polygraph protection act of 1988, child labor, nursing care facilities under the fair labor standards act, State and Local Governments under the Fair Labor Standards Act and much more

Family and Medical Leave Act

• Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), explains the rights of workers to take unpaid leave for family or medical reasons and the protections that workers are entitled to when taking leave under the FMLA.

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Family Law and Military Families

• Army Regulation 608-99, alimony and child support enforcement, information for Texas employers of military reservist and national guard, garnishing military pay, obtaining medical support from military personnel, service of process and more.

Family Laws

• Texas Family Code by Texas Legislative Council on Adoption, annulment, common law marriage, same sex marriage, Child support, earning withholdings and more.

Family or Juvenile Issues Others

• Read more about Legal Notice, serving the document and the certificate of service.

Family Petitions (VISAS)

• Family petitions frequently asked questions, immigration through a family member, immigration lawyer referral service, social security for recent immigrants and other non-citizens and much more.

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Federal Income Tax

• Do you need to file? Should you apply for earned income tax credit and earned income tax credit for individuals.

Finance Consumer/Finance Others

• Borrower Beware the high cost of small loans, pawn brokers and rent-to-own, charitable raffles, door-to-door sales, giving to charities, stop phone slamming and more.

Food Stamps

• Application for assistance, emergency food stamp benefits, food stamp eligibility, how to apply and much more.

Foreclosure

• How to avoid foreclosure, all about home equity loans and more.

Forms / Do-It-Yourself Court Forms

• List of forms available include: 
  Affidavit of Inability to Pay Court Cost / DWOP / Default Judgment Kit / Divorce In Texas WITH Children  / Divorce In Texas WITHOUT Children   / Expunction  /  General Affidavit  / Service by Posting Kit  / Legal Notice  / Modification Kit  / Name Change for an Adult and Child  / Occupational Driver's License  / Original Answer Information Sheet  / Paternity Kit  / Service by Publication Kit  / Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service  / Substitute Service Kit  /  The uncontested process in Travis County, Texas / Annulment / Termination of withholding for Child Support Kit / Nunc Pro Tunc (Correct a clerical mistake in a judgment) / SAPCR (Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship)

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Fringe Benefits/Pensions/Health Care

• Can the retiree health benefits provided by your employer be cut, how to file claim for your benefits, job loss, protect your pension, recovering from a disaster and much more.

• A General Affidavit is a written statement, sworn to be true, giving specific reasons to support the things you are asking a judge to do. It is required when you ask the court for "extraordinary" or extra special relief like removing someone from a home or protecting children from an abusive parent.
  These forms have instructions on how to complete the affidavit and a blank affidavit form.

Guardianship for Persons with Disabilities

• Legally Adequate Consent explains requirements of legally adequate consent, when it in necessary, and who is authorized to give consent.

Guardianship

• Guardian or conservatorship, legal hotline for elder rights, guardianship Texas law and more.

Health Care Fringe Benefits/Pensions/Health Care

• Can the retiree health benefits provided by your employer be cut, how to file claim for your benefits, job loss, protect your pension, recovering from a disaster and much more.

Heirship

• Affidavit of Heirship for a motor vehicle VTR-262.

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HIV Waivers

• HIV waivers frequently asked question, the lesbian and gay immigration rights task force.

Homeownership

• Question and Answers about buying a new home, first-time homebuyer, fair housing equal opportunity for all, mortgage borrowers' rights and more.

Housing Issues Others

• Colonias in Texas, homelessness, and housing in Texas .

Housing, Subsidized Housing, and Section 8 Vouchers :

• Federal housing programs, Public information act, tenant based vouchers and more.

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Identity Theft

• When bad things happen to your good name, identity theft affidavit, consumer complaint and more.

Immigration 

• Deportation or Removal

Inability to Pay Court Cost

• The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees.

Income

• Basic overview of wage rights in Texas, Minimum Wage Rights, Overtime Pay Rights, Independent Contractors vs. Employees, The Work Rights of Undocumented Workers, FAQ's about Texas Payday Law, how to file a wage claim, how to appeal your wage claim if your claim is initially denied and more.

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Insurance

• Long-Term care insurance rate guide, children's health insurance programs, Chronically Ill & Disabled children's services, CIDC insurance premium payment assistance, insurance complaint forms, insurance fraud and more.

Judgment / Default Judgement Kit

• These forms explain what you need to do to get a final judgment when the other party will not respond to the lawsuit or appear in court. This kit includes instructions and explanations about what you must do, a checklist for the forms you need, and the actual forms you can use.

Juvenile Delinquency

• Law and procedures in Texas, proceedings information for victims of juvenile crime, navigating the juvenile justice system, youth commission terminology and more.

Juvenile Family or Juvenile Issues Others

• Read more about Legal Notice, serving the document and the certificate of service.

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Landlord-Tenant

• What your rights are as a tenant, eviction, breaking a lease, security deposit, discrimination, subleases, unlawful seizure of property demand letter and more.

Legal Assistance

• Government forms, question and answers for reservists being called to active duty, GSA Library of Standard and optional Forms, landlord-tenant issues for soldiers, legal assistance at Fort Hood, Fort Sam Houston, DD 214, SGLI/VGLI Insurance Forms and more.

Legal Notice

• Read more about how to give notice to a party, how to serve the document, how to service by publication and how to give your spouse legal notice.

 License / Occupational Driver's License  

• You lost your license, but need to drive.....
  An Occupational Driver's License may be just what you need.

Marriage

• Statues: Common law marriage, Void marriage, bigamy, same sex, marriage to a minor, marriage to stepchild or stepparent and annulments.

Medicaid

• Application for assistance, Eligibility office, Medicare A general Guide, Contact information,

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Medical Leave Act Family and Medical Leave Act

• Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), explains the rights of workers to take unpaid leave for family or medical reasons and the protections that workers are entitled to when taking leave under the FMLA.

Medicare

• Application for assistance, Eligibility office, Medicare A general Guide, Contact information,

Mental Health

• Who is authorized to give consent, drug coverage, Alzheimer's and more.

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Mental Health Issues

• Finding a nursing home, private fee-for service plan, Alzheimer's resources, legally adequate consent, prescription drug coverage.

Military and Veteran Issues 

• Helpful information for National Guard members, military reservists, and their families, military service and immigration, soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act and tax information for members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Military Family Law and Military Families

• Army Regulation 608-99, alimony and child support enforcement, information for Texas employers of military reservist and national guard, garnishing military pay, obtaining medical support from military personnel, service of process and more.

Military Verification 
Servicemember's Affidavit Instructions

• The Department of Defense to determine whether or not the respondent is serving in the military.
  Go to https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/owa/scra.home

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Mobile Homes

• Filing a manufactured housing complaint, consumer complaint, warranty tips and more.

Modification Kit

Questions and answers about modifying your divorce documents.

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Name Change

• Step by step brochure if your are changing the name of an adult or child in Texas .

Naturalization / Citizenship

• Questions and answers about citizenship and naturalization, Attorney General Abbott Targets Fraudulent "Notarios" and Others who scam immigrants and more.

Nondisclosure of Criminal History Information 

•   Includes information about the Nondisclosure process, along with the forms needed to get a court order for Nondisclosure of Criminal History Information.

Nunc Pro Tunc

• Correcting a Clerical Mistake in a Judgment (Nunc Pro Tunc)
  Use these forms to fix a mistake, when the order that the judge has signed is incorrect.

Nursing Homes

• Long-Term care, benefits counselor, Legal Hotline for elder rights and more.

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• You lost your license, but need to drive.....
  An Occupational Driver's License may be just what you need.

Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA)

• All about OSHA, employees / employers responsibilities, Federal OSHA complaint process, how to file a complaint, imminent dangers in the workplace, whistle blower protection, refusing to work because conditions are dangerous and more.

Orginial Answer

• If a Respondent does not want to waive his or her rights in the lawsuit, he or she should file an Answer, instead of signing a Waiver of Citation. 

Paternity

• Child support calculator, instructions on amending parentage, forms needed to establish paternity, questions and answers and more.

Paternity Kit

• Use these forms in a case to establish or contest a legal relationship between a parent and a child.

Pay / Affidavit of Inability to Pay

• The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees.

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Pensions Fringe Benefits/Pensions/Health Care

• Can the retiree health benefits provided by your employer be cut, how to file claim for your benefits, job loss, protect your pension, recovering from a disaster and much more.

Posting - Service by Posting Kit

• If you are unable to locate your spouse, and you and your spouse have no significant property, minor children, or disabled children in need of child support, then these forms can help you give your spouse legal notice.

Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills

• Forms for consent of medical treatment, directive to physicians and family or surrogates, do not resuscitate and information on (Power of Attorney)

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Prescription Drug Benefits

• Service for disabled adults /children and ro senior citizens.

Probate Law

• Wills and Estates Texas Probate Code

Probating a Will

• Administering an Estate and Probate, To Will or Not to Will, questions and answers.

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Property Laws

• Property Codes

Publication - Service by Publication Kit

• If you cannot find the Respondent because you do not know the Respondent's address or identity, you may serve him or her by publication. Read this to find out how to service by publication can be done in a family law case.

• Applying for refugee status, immigration forms, beware of dishonest immigrant consultants and more.

Retain and Reinstate Case (DWOP)

• Is your case about to be dismissed ("DWOP"ed) because you have taken no action? Use these forms to ask the Court to keep your case on the docket.

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SAPCR Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship

• Documents needed to make custody, visitation, and child support orders for children.  Use these forms onlyif the parties are not divorcing and paternity has already been determined.

Salary

• Basic overview of wage rights in Texas, Minimum Wage Rights, Overtime Pay Rights, Independent Contractors vs. Employees, The Work Rights of Undocumented Workers, FAQ's about Texas Payday Law, how to file a wage claim, how to appeal your wage claim if your claim is initially denied and more.

Self-petitions and Waivers for Battered Spouses

• Battered spouse waiver frequently asked questions, violence against women act, how to apply for immigration benefits as a battered spouse or child and immigration forms.

Service by Publication Kit

• If you cannot find the Respondent because you do not know the Respondent's address or identity, you may serve him or her by publication. Read this to find out how to service by publication can be done in a family law case.

Service by Posting Kit

• If you are unable to locate your spouse, and you and your spouse have no significant property, minor children, or disabled children in need of child support, then these forms can help you give your spouse legal notice.

Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service

• If the other party in your case has filed an answer or appeared in court, and you need to file more documents in your case, you will need to give the other party a copy of the documents, or serve the documents. Read this to learn how to serve the document.

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SCRA
Servicemember's Affidavit Instructions

• The Department of Defense to determine whether or not the respondent is serving in the military.
  Go to https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/owa/scra.home

Substitute Service Kit

• If at First You Don?t Succeed
  If you tried to have the Respondent served, but your attempts have failed, the Court may allow a different or substitute method of service. These forms will show you how.

Small Claims Court

• Alternatives to small claims court, how to file suit, preparing your case, should you check with a lawyer, statutes governing small claims courts, where, when and how to file and much more.

Small Estates

• Administering and Estate and Probate, To Will or Not to Will.

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Social Security

• Apply for SS benefits online, how to apply for retirement benefits, Social Security Survivors Benefits, How you ear credits, what every woman should know about social security and more.

Student Loans

• What can you do about a defaulted student loan? Information about what you can do if you are having trouble making your student loan payments or if you have already defaulted on a student loan.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) :

• What test and examinations you need for your disability case, answers to questions about disability determination, how to apply and more.

Support Child Support

• Wage garnishment law, paternity establishment, how to find a noncustodial parent, how to establish child support, Modification forms and more.

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Tax Federal Income Tax

• Do you need to file?, should you apply for earned income tax credit and earned income tax credit for individuals.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

• Temporary protected status: official US government website with questions an answers regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and SIRP( The Special Immigration Relief Program ).

Tenant

• What your rights are as a tenant, eviction, breaking a lease, security deposit, discrimination, subleases, unlawful seizure of property demand letter and more.

Termination of Withholding for Child Support

• Use these forms if you want to stop child support from being withheld from your paycheck because child support is no longer required in your case.

Trusts

• Living Trust Scams and the Senior Consumer.

Unemployment Insurance

• Apply for unemployment benefits by telephone or online, appeal an unemployment insurance, benefits and more.

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Unfair Sales Practices and Consumer Fraud

• Door-to-door sales, consumer complaint, living trust scams and the senior consumer, telemarketing fraud, Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act.

Utilities - Gas, Electricity, Telephone

• Non-payment & disconnection, TDHCA Weatherization Program, special rules for utilities apply to renters, help with utility bill, If you have been a victim of family violence, you may be able to receive a waiver for electricity and gas, What are your rights and more.

Veterans Military and Veteran Issues Others

• Helpful information for National Guard members, military reservists, and their families, military service and immigration, soldiers' and sailors' civil relief act and tax information for members of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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VISAS Family Petitions (VISAS)

• Family petitions frequently asked questions, immigration through a family member, immigration lawyer referral service, social security for recent immigrants and other non-citizens and much more.

VISAS: Types of Petitions (VISAS)

• Fact sheet about applying for the "U" Visa, "T" VISA for victims of trafficking, special immigration relief program (SIRP), what steps are needed to get a student visa.

Visitation Custody/Visitation

• Common question about child custody, how does domestic violence affect children, visitation for children under age 3, who will get primary custody and more.

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Wage Claims

• Basic overview of wage rights in Texas, Minimum Wage Rights, Overtime Pay Rights, Independent Contractors vs. Employees, The Work Rights of Undocumented Workers, FAQ's about Texas Payday Law, how to file a wage claim, how to appeal your wage claim if your claim is initially denied and more.

Waivers of Removal Others

• Immigration detention resources and forms.

Will Probating a Will

• Administering an Estate and Probate, To Will or Not to Will, questions and answers.

Will Drafting a Will :

• Brochure explaining the advantages of having a will, questions and answers and self-help guide.

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Will Powers of attorney/advance directives/living wills

• Forms for consent of medical treatment, directive to physicians and family or surrogates, do not resuscitate and information on (Power of Attorney)

Women, Infants, & Children Nutrition Program

• Frequently asked questions about WIC, benefits eligibility and other resources.

Worker Agricultural Worker Protection Act :

• Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act,

Worker's Compensation

• Benefits, Dispute resolution, Employer responsibilities Workers compensation forms and more

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Wrongful Termination and Working Conditions

• Texas Employment Law Basics, Federal Laws on working conditions, does your employer have the right to fire you.

Last Modified 12/04/2008