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Child Protective Services (CPS)

	Family Violence Centers and Organizations (Separate Website) List of family violence centers and organizations that provide shelter, support services, as well as special services. By: Texas Health and Human Services Commission


	Fox26Law: Your Legal Questions Answered (Separate Website) Every Tuesday and Thursday in its 7 a.m. newscast on FOX 26 Morning News, legal analyst Chris Tritico offers up some free legal insight. On this page you can ask your questions, watch previous segments, and read Chris' online-only responses to various questions. By: Fox26 KRIV


	How long can I leave a child unattended in a vehicle? (Separate Website) By: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services


	How to Select a Lawyer (Separate Website) By: The State Bar of Texas


	Kincare Primer (Separate Website) This primer provides information to families, headed by a relative who are not involved with CPS, about their rights and responsibilities. By: Texas Legal Services Center


	Law Libraries in Texas (Separate Website) Law libraries in Texas. By: Texas State Law Library


	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. By: Partnership for Legal Access Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Limited Scope Representation A way for people with limited money to afford an attorney. By: Legal Hotlines for Texans


	Protecting the Incapacitated: A Guide to Guardianship in Texas from Application to Oath (Separate Website) By: Texas Young Lawyer's Association


	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. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Sexual Assault Legal Advocacy Manual (Separate Website) A manual for advocates who deal with sexual assault issues, but also contains useful general information on sexual assault issues. By: Texas Association Against Legal Assault


	TANF for Grandparents TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It is a federal program to provide money and help to needy families with dependent children. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


	Video Helps Low-Income Texans Navigate the Court System (Separate Website) By: Texas Legal Services Center


	Waiver of Parental Notification (Separate Website) By: Office of Court Administration


	What Court Employees Can and Cannot Do When going to court for a civil law case, here is a helpful handout that provides brief bullet points on what court personnel can and cannot do. By: Texas Office of Court Administration


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Child Support

	Modification Kit Here you will find all of the documents needed to modify your child support and custody orders. By: Partnership for Legal Access Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Answers to questions about Child Support in Texas What is child support, how much is child support, how to establish child support payments, withholding orders and more answers to questions about child support. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Handbook on Child Support Enforcement (Separate Website) This resource provides helpful information about how to apply for child support enforcement services, how to find a noncustodial parent, how to establish paternity and child support orders, and how to enforce those orders across state lines. By: Office of Child Support Enforcement


	Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs (Separate Website) Free form: The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees. (revised 3/11/2011) By: Travis County Law Library Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Child Support Calculator Use this fillable Adobe form to see an estimate for child support payments in Texas. This is only an estimate courts consider other factors to detemine child support payments. By: Partnership for Legal Access


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