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Designated jurisdiction over both civil and criminal cases within Broome County

* Provides dispute settlement programs.* Offers family court mediation, supreme court mediation.* Provides custody and visitation information, divorce mediation and divorce arbitration.* Offers parent-child mediation.* Provides PINS mediation, juvenile delinquency mediation.

Provides assistance in custody, visitation, support, divorce, and kinship. Services for individuals who are self-representing include assistance with petition completion and uncontested divorce clinics.

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

Help families manage and plan custody or visitation details.

Family Court provides a fair, prompt, dignified tribunal for the resolution of the following proceedings: Support, Paternity, Adoption, Family Offense, Juvenile Delinquency, Custody and Visitation, Foster Care Placements, Neglect, Child Abuse, Abandonment, Guardianship, and Persons in Need of Supervision.

Free legal advice about civil (non-criminal) legal problems, including issues such as: consumer, including frozen bank accounts; debt problems; student loans; ID theft; car problems; utility shutoffs and other consumer problems; housing, including evictions, lockouts, security deposits, repair problems, subsidized housing, foreclosures and other housing problems; Special Education and other school ; access to healthcare; public benefits; divorce and other family matters, including child support, custody, child protective matters, and guardianship; domestic violence; elder law; employment; disability discrimination and other disability issues; unemployment benefits; welfare, Medicaid and food stamps.

Provides trained legal advocates to accompany victims of domestic violence and sexual assault to court, to explain legal processes and to assist in obtaining orders of protection, visitation, custody and child support. Services available at the Riverhead, East Hampton and Southampton offices. Appointment required.

* Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals. Family law. Domestic violence issues. Tort defense. Bankruptcy. Immigration. Unemployment insurance denial. Consumer problems. Real estate. Tax controversies. * Assists with guardianship/custody of children, wills and health care proxies for parents who are HIV-positive.

* Provides dispute settlement programs.* Offers family court mediation, supreme court mediation.* Provides custody and visitation information, divorce mediation and divorce arbitration.* Offers parent-child mediation.* Provides PINS mediation, juvenile delinquency mediation.

Family Court can help residents obtain an Order of Protection, file a violation, obtain custody of children, get child support, get child visitation rights, settle paternity issues, adoption, family violence issues, juvenile delinquency, foster care placements, child neglect, abuse, or abandonment, guardianship, and Persons in Need of Supervision.

Help families manage and plan custody or visitation details.

Offers families in crisis telephone-based counseling and mediation aimed at improving parental relationships, parenting skills and opening lines of communication. Provides information about child development, custody, child support and the court systems. Establishes and increases compliance with co-parenting plans, support orders and visitation schedules.

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

Family Court can help residents obtain an Order of Protection, file a violation, obtain custody of children, get child support, get child visitation rights, settle paternity issues, adoption, family violence issues, juvenile delinquency, foster care placements, Child neglect, abuse, or abandonment, guardianship, and Persons in Need of Supervision.

Offers child safety program training to prevent child abduction. Programs offered to private organizations, school curriculum, childrens workshops and assemblies, parent workshops, staff development, and child identification(includes fingerprinting).

Cases range from felonies, divorces, liability and name changes.

Provides mediation and arbitration services for community, parent/child, divorce, custody and visitation, and juvenile issues. A neutral third person, the mediator, facilitates discussions between the parties. The mediator helps participants develop or refine their communication skills, and teaches school children techniques for resolving disagreements. Mediators are trained conflict resolution volunteers.

Mediation services as an alternative to the court process for: Separation, Divorce including custody/parenting plan, Prenuptial agreements, Post-nuptial agreements, Post-divorce agreements, Parenting Solutions.

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Provides civil legal services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Offers services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

Provides day-of advice on matters such as custody, visitation, child support, and paternity for individuals with cases in Family Court.

A not-for-profit public interest firm providing free legal services to low-income individuals and families in Western New York. NLS aims to create the greatest access to the justice system for low-income individuals and those living with disabilities to pursue goals that will increase both the stability and the quality of their lives. Offers services in the following areas: - Housing (evictions, unsafe conditions, housing choice vouchers, discrimination, landlord/tenant concerns) - Family (DV, family offense petitions, custody, visitation, divorce, child and spousal support, paternity) - Public Benefits (temporary assistance, SNAP, Medicaid, utility shutoffs, emergency assistance, fair hearings, overpayments) - Medical-Legal Partnership (temporary assistance, SNAP, wills, SSI, Veteran services) - Disability (health insurance coverage issues, denial of services and equipment, SSI, SSDI, benefits advisement, overpayments, Medicaid/Medicare) - Student Loan/Debt Counseling - Health Insurance Navigators (New York State of Health) ##RENTRY##