The Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service is a public service designed to make it easy for consumers to connect to trusted, verified attorneys. You get matched with a lawyer in minutes.
If you have a civil legal problem but cannot afford to hire a private lawyer, you still may have access to the legal system through your local legal services-legal aid organization which provides free or low cost legal services to persons with low incomes. Information about many of these local services can be found online through the websites listed below.
The purpose of a self-help program is to assist self-represented litigants resolve family law cases.
Persons working in a self-help program may provide information and approved forms to self-represented litigants, but may not give them legal advice or do legal research for them.
Florida Courts Help is your guide to direct you through the court system. Here you will find information about local self-help centers, free and low-cost legal aid, and family law forms. Please note that the information provided through the self-help app or the website is NOT legal advice and should not be considered as such. If you have a question about a specific issue, or do not understand the information presented, please contact an attorney.
Florida Name Change is a free resource that Southern Legal Counsel designed for Floridians to access the court system and complete a legal name change without involving a lawyer. This website was created to help transgender individuals change their legal name and gender marker.