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Offers free legal services for individuals living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in cases regarding access to health care services, HIV/AIDS-based discrimination, housing matters, assistance with denials or termination of benefits, health care proxies, powers of attorney, simple wills, family court matters, and divorce.

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Comprehensive Family Law Services
Adoption Legal Services
Legal Counseling
Insurance Claims Assistance
Legal Representation
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Personal Health Care Advocate Services
Reverse Paternity Actions
Health Care Discrimination Assistance
Paternity Suits
Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.
Provides services to all victims and survivors of domestic violence, including victims and survivors of intimate partner violence and family violence. Operates a confidential shelter and offers extensive support services. Advocates for victims and survivors when interacting with law enforcement and prosecution as well as assist victims and survivors with law enforcement and prosecution. Services include advocacy, accompaniment, information and referral, support, and extensive safety planning. Provides therapy, which includes individual and group domestic violence education. Another service is the counseling, specifically designed for the unique circumstances that victims and survivors encounter. Offers The Law Project which provides consultation and representation on civil-legal matters to income-eligible victims, and survivors within the county.

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Individual Advocacy
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
* Provides legal services and counseling for civil matters to low-income people. Legal education and information. Health care advocacy. Elder Law advocacy. SSI disability advocacy. Domestic violence/victims of a crime. Medicare and Medicaid legal problems and denials. Fair housing enforcement/ housing discrimination and education. Public benefits such as SNAP. * Provides legal information to people who are homeless, at risk of losing their housing, or have a public benefits termination or denial; this includes: Evictions. Foreclosures. * Provides information for referrals for civil legal needs that are not listed. Resources can oftentimes link people with a source of assistance.

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Durable Power of Attorney for Asset Management
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Elder Law
Benefits and Services Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Health Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Will Preparation Assistance
Provides investigation of child sexual and physical abuse allegations by trained CPS personnel and law enforcement officers in a child-friendly environment.

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Child Advocacy Centers
Crime Investigation
Child Abuse Medical Evaluations
Presides over all county court cases

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Community Courts
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Family Law Courts
Protective/Restraining Orders
Diversion Programs
* Facilitates child abuse investigations through a team of community partners in a child-friendly environment, as well as support for children and families.
Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

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Child Support Wage Assignment Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Paternity/Maternity Establishment
Provides legal advice and representation on landlord/tenant problems, family matters, and unemployment problems for residents of Onondaga County who are unable to afford the services of private counsel. Matters involve evictions, divorce, separation, immigration, foreclosure, and unemployment insurance.

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Eviction Prevention Assistance
Legal Representation
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Legal Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.

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Child Support Wage Assignment Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Paternity/Maternity Establishment
Provides free civil legal services to survivors of domestic violence who cannot afford private legal counsel. Services include assistance with orders of protection, child and spousal support, custody and visitation and divorce.

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Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
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.

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Legal Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Contested Divorce Assistance
Uncontested Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Offers legal assistance to college students who have been victimized by interpersonal violence and are in need of legal representation, advice, and other legal assistance.
* 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.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Mediation
* Hears family offense proceedings in various types of cases, including: Family offense petitions and domestic violence. Child custody, guardianship, and visitation petitions. Child support and spousal support petitions. Paternity petitions. Adoptions and child neglect/abuse petitions.

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Family Law Courts
Protective/Restraining Orders
Adoption Courts
Paternity Suits
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
* Offers jurisdiction and hearing of family-related cases that involve: Child abuse, neglect, support, paternity, custody and visitation. Juvenile delinquency/Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS). Domestic Violence Intervention Court. Willow Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (formerly ABW). Temporary restraining orders. Guardianship/Adoption. Custody/Visitation Mediation Program. Adoption, foster care approval and review. Permanent termination of parental rights.

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Protective/Restraining Orders
Guardians ad Litem
Juvenile Courts
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Family Law Courts
Paternity Suits
Offers legal counseling and assistance with uncontested divorces.
Assists clients with filling out paperwork to file for a divorce. Typically takes on simple, uncontested divorces.
* Provides free and confidential services to those affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, or other violent crimes.
  • 24 Hour Hotline
  • Emergency Housing Assistance for Survivors
  • Crisis & Short Term Domestic Violence and Assault Survivor Counseling
  • Information & Referrals
  • Advocacy with Legal Proceedings
  • Support Groups
  • Community Education & Training
  • NYC Crime Victims Assistance
  • Assistance with Family Court Petitions
  • Adult & Child Therapy
  • SANE - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

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Sexual Assault Counseling
Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Life Care Planning
Public Awareness/Education
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Information and Referral
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Domestic Violence Shelters
General Crime Victim Assistance
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Provides free civil (non-criminal) legal services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Services include family matters including orders of protection, divorces, separations, child custody, and child support as well as legal problems that keep victims from becoming independent from their abusers, including problems with finances, housing, public benefits, access to healthcare, and immigration.

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Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Chenango County Child Support Enforcement Unit provides, Location and Financial Investigations, Paternity Establishment, Child and Medical Support Establishment, Child Support Collection, Child Support Enforcement (Both Administrative and Court Based), Child Support Order Modifications and Cost of Living Adjustments

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Paternity/Maternity Establishment
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Assists custodial parents and their children with locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining support for their children, and enforcing the terms of the Family Court/Supreme Court orders of support.
Designated jurisdiction over both civil and criminal cases within Broome County

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Diversion Programs
Probate Courts
Drug Courts
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
Community Courts
Protective/Restraining Orders
Family Law Courts
* 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.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Mediation
Provides assistance to victims of domestic violence with legal issues relating to their abuse by providing legal advice and representation as well as free consultations on non-criminal legal issues resulting from domestic violence.