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Get Help With Protection Orders

Find the Right Help for Your Protection Order

 

 

 

The King County Domestic Violence Protection Order Advocacy Program helps people who need protection specifically from an intimate partner or spouse.

 

 

 

Seattle Unveristy’s Family Law Center helps people with domestic violence and other protection order situations.

 

 

 

WashingtonLawHelp.org has an online interview program which fills in the appropriate forms based on your answers to plain-language questions.

 

 

 

The King County Superior Court Clerk’s Civil Protection Order office is open for walk-ins and can provide you with free sets of the appropriate protection order paperwork.

Free Access: Hornbooks and Nutshell Series Now Available as eBooks

Need to quickly brush up on an area of law that you’re not familiar with?  Well you’re in luck!  Both Hornbooks (remember those from law school?) and the famous “Nutshell” series are available remotely as eBooks from the Washington State Law Library.  And all you have to do to check them out is register a free account!

You can find more information about the titles and create a free account in the Washington State Law Library’s catalog here.

New Online Forms: Durable Power of Attorney and Health Care Directives

Washingtonlawhelp.org has new online, interactive forms for both Durable Power of Attorney documents and Health Care Directives.

A power of attorney document lets you choose a trusted friend or relative to help you with your finances or health care decisions.  A Health Care Directive lets you state what kind of medical treatments you do or do not wish to have if you are terminally ill or permanently unconscious and cannot make decisions for yourself.  These new programs ask you questions related to your situation and then fill out the proper forms for you.

Get started — Durable Power of Attorney Document

Get started — Health Care Directive

Get Help for Minor Guardianships

The King County Bar Association’s Kinship Care Solutions program provides free legal advice and representation to relatives or significant caregivers trying to set up minor guardianships.  The service is staffed by volunteer attorneys.  Eligibility is income-based and also uses the following criteria:

 

  • The length of time the child may have already resided with the caregiver.
  • Is the caregiver a safe and stable placement for the child?
  • Would the child be at risk if returned to his/her parents?
  • How difficult it is to find a volunteer attorney for the case?
  • Would the caregiver be able to bring the case without an attorney?

For more information, visit the KCBA website to fill out the online intake form or contact KCBA via email at KinshipCare@kcba.org or by phone at (206) 267-7086.

 

Books Unbanned Initiative Fights Censorship

To help support unlimited and unrestrained access to ebooks and audiobooks, and combat censorship, Seattle Public Library is joining the Brooklyn Public Library in offering free access to its electronic collections for teens and young adults, regardless of where they live.  The offer applies to anyone anywhere in the United States who is between the ages of 13 and 26.  Anyone interested and eligible can sign up for both programs, since the ebook and audiobook collections of the two systems differ.

SPL’s Books Unbanned program is privately funded through the SPL Foundation’s Equity & Access Fund.

Read more about and enroll in SPL’s Books Unbanned program here.

Read more about and enroll in BPL’s Books Unbanned program here.

Problems with the Title to Your Home?

Is the deed to your home in YOUR name?  

While we may assume that we know the status of our home’s deed, there are many reasons it may not be as clear as we think – and that can create headaches down the road.  This can easily arise when someone passes away and probate has not made the property transfer clear, for example.

This article discusses eight common problems and what strategies consumers can use to correct them.

You can read the entire article HERE.

And you can also explore a number of NCLC publications in our remote database HERE.

Get Help with Drug Possession Convictions and LFOs

LIVING WITH CONVICTION is a team of individuals that are committed to helping people struggling with the burden of Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) and felony drug possession convictions.  They do not provide legal advice, but they can help you vacate your pre-2021 drug possession felonies (allowed by the State Supreme Court’s 2/25/2021 “Blake” decision) and get your LFO-related interest waived.

You can find out more about them at their website: LivingWithConviction.org

Read their LFO flyer HERE.

Read their Blake flyer HERE.