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Kansas Legal Resource Guide: Find the Legal Help You Need
This page can help you if you are not sure what you are looking for.
If you think you know what you are looking for, please use the search box at the top of the page next to the word Search or next to the magnifying glass if you're on a mobile device.
If you aren't sure what you need, please try using the Legal Resource Guide which starts in the rectangle below.
The interactive guide below takes you through a series of questions to help you narrow down your search to basically what you need.
Eighth Judicial District
Click on the circle below of the legal area you want to explore. If your topic isn't here or if you aren't sure what you want, go here.
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has a good video about asking for Legal Advice or Legal Information?, how to tell the difference.
DENIED?
If you received a denial notice from the Department for Children and Families, you can appeal.
What should you appeal?
You were denied benefits and:
From KCUR FM 91.5 Up to Date, October 21, 2024
By Steve Kraske, Zach Wilson
Listen • 13:48
Are you eligible for food stamps, child care subsidy, health insurance from the government?
To apply for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits, TANF (cash assistance), Child Care Subsidy, find the application here. You do not need to be eligible for or want all these benefits. One application is considered for all these programs.
As you may know, Kansas Legal Services is part of the national legal aid movement that was born in the War on Poverty in the early 1960s. KLS grew out of the movement that believed everyone deserved equal access to justice, without regard to their ability to pay for services.
The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has a film about the history of civil legal aid in the United States on their website.
Kansas Legal Services is pleased to announce that we will be providing legal assistance to low income Kansans at the Franklin County Self Help Center once a month.
We will have an attorney at the Franklin County District Courthouse, 301 S Main, Ottawa, KS, on the third Tuesday of every month to process applications, give legal advice and provide extended services.
When will this service be available?
An attorney will be at the help center from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month.
This information is prepared by the Federal District Court for Kansas but contains very useful information if you intend on filing a case in any court without an attorney.
If you are using free legal forms to take care of a legal issue yourself. Here are the rules you need to follow when filing legal documents.
You have to file legal documents with the court either in person or by fax.
Exception: Small claims court does not allow you to fax a legal document to them. You have to do it in person.
Kansas Legal Services wants to help Kansans who need legal services, but we also want to help Kansans who decide to represent themselves in court.
We have put together two videos. One video describes the best ways to get ready to go to court. The other video tells you what to expect once you are actually in court.
Please view either video, or both, and give us your feedback in one or more of the links below.
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Selected filters:
Kansas Legal Resource Guide: Find the Legal Help You Need
This page can help you if you are not sure what you are looking for.
If you think you know what you are looking for, please use the search box at the top of the page next to the word Search or next to the magnifying glass if you're on a mobile device.
If you aren't sure what you need, please try using the Legal Resource Guide which starts in the rectangle below.
The interactive guide below takes you through a series of questions to help you narrow down your search to basically what you need.
Eighth Judicial District
Click on the circle below of the legal area you want to explore. If your topic isn't here or if you aren't sure what you want, go here.
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has a good video about asking for Legal Advice or Legal Information?, how to tell the difference.
DENIED?
If you received a denial notice from the Department for Children and Families, you can appeal.
What should you appeal?
You were denied benefits and:
From KCUR FM 91.5 Up to Date, October 21, 2024
By Steve Kraske, Zach Wilson
Listen • 13:48
Are you eligible for food stamps, child care subsidy, health insurance from the government?
To apply for SNAP (Food Stamp) benefits, TANF (cash assistance), Child Care Subsidy, find the application here. You do not need to be eligible for or want all these benefits. One application is considered for all these programs.
As you may know, Kansas Legal Services is part of the national legal aid movement that was born in the War on Poverty in the early 1960s. KLS grew out of the movement that believed everyone deserved equal access to justice, without regard to their ability to pay for services.
The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has a film about the history of civil legal aid in the United States on their website.
Kansas Legal Services is pleased to announce that we will be providing legal assistance to low income Kansans at the Franklin County Self Help Center once a month.
We will have an attorney at the Franklin County District Courthouse, 301 S Main, Ottawa, KS, on the third Tuesday of every month to process applications, give legal advice and provide extended services.
When will this service be available?
An attorney will be at the help center from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month.
This information is prepared by the Federal District Court for Kansas but contains very useful information if you intend on filing a case in any court without an attorney.
If you are using free legal forms to take care of a legal issue yourself. Here are the rules you need to follow when filing legal documents.
You have to file legal documents with the court either in person or by fax.
Exception: Small claims court does not allow you to fax a legal document to them. You have to do it in person.
Kansas Legal Services wants to help Kansans who need legal services, but we also want to help Kansans who decide to represent themselves in court.
We have put together two videos. One video describes the best ways to get ready to go to court. The other video tells you what to expect once you are actually in court.
Please view either video, or both, and give us your feedback in one or more of the links below.
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