Family Law

Family law can include legal needs such as divorces, child support disputes, divorce modifications, and contempt petitions.

Marriages, divorces, and child custody arrangements can impact almost every part of your life, both emotionally and financially. We know these issues can be complicated and difficult to handle without the assistance of an attorney. You may find answers to some of your questions in the resources below.

Helpful Resources

Legal Services Alabama - Automated Legal Documents

If your case is fairly simple and straightforward, this website may be able to help you prepare your own divorce papers for court. It will walk you through a series of questions and then generate the documents for you. For more complicated cases, you may need the assistance of an attorney.

Alabama Legal Help

The Alabama Legal Help website contains information about a number of different legal problems, including divorce, child custody, visitation, child support, and domestic violence.

Do-It-Yourself Court Forms

The Alabama court system provides forms on this website that you can download and fill out yourself. The majority of these DIY forms are for family-related issues.

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If you are in need of legal assistance, fill out a request form to see if we can help you:

Please note that in order to qualify for assistance, you must:

Reside in Jefferson County, AL
Live in a low-income household
Have a civil (not criminal) legal issue

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