Here are links to some legal services program sites around the world. If you know of a site that should be listed, please use our feedback form at the bottom of the page.

This page links to all of our divorce and parental rights form kits. We have put together several forms kits - they have all the forms you will need for certain kinds of divorce or parental rights and responsibilities cases. You can use these kits, or you can find a particular form you need from the All Court Forms page.

Important Notice: We encourage you to learn more about Small Claims Court in Maine before using these forms. The Judicial Department offers A Guide to Small Claims Proceedings in the Maine District Court (link is external). Small Claims: Maine Forms Kit

Help for people doing their own divorce - or other family law - case in Maine.

Sponsored by NALS of Northeast Maine

Before You Start How To Use This Guide Should I Get a Lawyer?

If you're being threatened with a foreclosure of your home, you are not alone. Here are some tools to help: if you are having trouble keeping up with your mortgage payments, if you are already receiving threatening notices from your loan servicer, or even if you are already facing foreclosure.

Goodwill is launching a new fund designed to fill the gap and aid veterans in ways that other programs have not or could not. In this program, veterans and the families of fallen veterans can apply for one time financial support to help with unforeseen expenses or with expenses that promise to improve quality of life, such as education or part of a starting fund for a small business. Goodwill Veteran’s Fund Page.

Listen to our podcast on harassment in rental housing! This podcast is about sexual harassment in rental housing and what to do if you believe that you have been harassed by your landlord, an employee of your landlord or another tenant.

This classroon explains and simplifies the Maine Court's family law process. We hope that this will help you feel more confident about dealing with the legal system on your own. Is this classroom for you? You may use this classroom if: You are married You have children, and You want to get a divorce OR

We offer this classroom to help you through the process of getting a divorce in Maine. We hope that this will help you feel more confident about dealing with the legal system. Is this classroom for you? You may use this classroom if:

This is a guide for trans and gender non-conforming people who want to change their legal name and/or gender marker (the "M" or "F" on many government issued IDs that often reflects a persons sex assigned at birth). It includes step-by-step information about how to navigate these processes in Maine, and links to other helpful resources for navigating these changes in federal systems, like the Social Security Administration, or getting a passport.

What is the Maine Home Court Act? The Home Court Act is a Maine law passed in 2016. It is meant to prevent more than one case about the same child from happening in different courts. Courts use the Jurisdictional Affidavit to find out about all of the cases involving a child. They do this to make sure they are following the Act.

لا يعرف الكثير من أصحاب المساكن أو موفري السكن حدود مسؤولياتهم عندما يتعلق الأمر بالتأجير للعائلات التي لديها أطفال أو لا يعرفون حتى بأن العائلات التي لديها أطفال تتمتع بالحماية تحت قوانين التمييز المتعلقة بالإسكان وبأن أصحاب المساكن لا يستطيعون جعل المساكن غير متوفرة للعائلات أو رفض التأجير للعائلات فقط لأن لديها أطفال

Ce podcast parle des logements de location et des lois relatives au logement équitable.

يركز هذا البودكاست (النقل الصوتي عبر الإنترنت) على المساكن المستأجرة وقوانين الإسكان العادل.

A disclosure hearing can happen once a creditor has a judgment against you for money you owe. Sometimes the creditor must take you to court to find out what property and income you have. This is called a disclosure hearing. This guide will walk you through what to expect at a disclosure hearing, and what you will need to know to go in prepared. This is only a brief summary of your rights. There are other ways a creditor can collect a debt from you. If you have more questions, contact your nearest PTLA office.

Important Notice: Doing your own court case without a lawyer is hard and not always a good idea. Before going ahead, we advise you to read How To: Get a Divorce in Maine (Without Children). To get your case into court, you must prepare, file, and serve certain court forms. Here is a list of the forms you will need to get your case started. We offer two options for preparing your court forms. See the chart below.

Important Notice: Doing your own court case without a lawyer is hard and not always a good idea. Before going ahead, we advise you to read How to: Change or Enforce your Maine Divorce or Parental Rights Order. To get your case into court, you must fill out, file, and serve certain court forms. Here is a list of the forms you will need to get your case started.

The set of forms needed to make a Motion to Modify a Maine Divorce or Parental Rights order.

Important Notice: Doing your own court case without a lawyer is not always a good idea. Before going ahead, we advise that you read Protection from Harassment. To get your case into court, you must fill out, serve, and file certain court forms. Here is a list of the forms you will need to get your case started.

Important Notice: We encourage you to learn more about Small Claims Court in Maine before using these forms. The Judicial Department offers A Guide to Small Claims Proceedings in the Maine District Court. Here is a list of the forms that are most frequently used in Maine Small Claims Court (see chart below). We offer two options for preparing your court forms. See the chart below.