Web Resources
Legal Information:

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BankruptcyAction
The objective of this website is to provide the person, thinking about filing bankruptcy, the information he or she needs to make an informed decision.

Child Support Enforcement
The MN Dept.of Human Services helps keep children safe and provides families with supports to care for their children. This includes child protective services, out-of-home care, permanent homes for children and children’s mental health services.

Court Forms
In order to increase the public's access to justice, the State Judicial Branch has made many of the most commonly used court forms available online. 

Federal Web Locator
The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Center for Information Law and Policy, and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information online.

FindLaw
This is a large database of law information, containing "Find a Lawyer" capabilities state-by-state and by expertise. FindLaw also contains legal information for the public, businesses, students, legal professionals and more.

LawHelpMN
This site assists users with legal questions in a number of areas: Consumer, Education, Farm, Housing, Employment, Disability, Taxes, Family & Children, etc. LawHelpMN also has links to legal aid offices in the state and resources that are available in other languages.

LawMoose - Minnesota
Our Public Edition provides substantial coverage of Minnesota and federal law and government resources on the Web.

Martindale
The Martindale site contains a directory of lawyers, along with credentials and names of law firms. Register with the site to gain access to full-text legal articles.

Minnesota Attorney Registration System - Public Inquiry
The information available through the public inquiry system and through the publicly list is constantly updated throughout the workday. Under Rule 4 of the Rules of the Supreme Court for Registration of Attorneys, every attorney "shall immediately notify the clerk of this court of any change of address."

Minnesota Conciliation Court
This site is for small claims and helps people recover small sums of money without hiring a lawyer. It includes forms and samples, and provides court phone numbers.

DivorceNet Minnesota
Our Minnesota resource page includes a directory of divorce professionals and a family law library with articles on child support, alimony, custody, property division and other important divorce issues.

Minnesota Statutes
Search Statutes by topic, keyword, chapter, or section.

MN Victim Services Provider Directory
A listing of government and non-profit organizations that serve crime victims. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all victim service programs in the state.

Oyez Project
The OYEZ Project provides access to more than 2000 hours of Supreme Court audio, covering the entire span from October 1955 through the most recent release.

Patent Cafe
Patent Cafe is a great resources for new inventors. It gives information in steps on how to invent, research, market, and patent your invention. There is information about patent law and the legal steps required while filing for a patent.

US Legal Forms
This site offers state-by-state legal forms, which can be previewed for free but downloaded for a fee.

 

5/28/08