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Advocacy & Resource Center
Provides telephone information, pro se assistance
and referrals to legal service agencies. Intake hours: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
and 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Call (800) 342-5297
Greater
Boston Legal Services
197 Friend Street
Boston, MA 02114
(800) 323-3205 or (617) 371-1234
Represents custodial
parents in divorce, paternity, visitation, parental kidnapping,
contested guardianships and contempts (with certain restrictions).
Represents prospective guardians if parents do not object.
Limited representation in DSS involved cases (with certain
restrictions).
Serves all of Suffolk
County.
Community
Legal Services and Counseling Center
One West Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 661-1216
Handles cases for
victims of domestic violence or for primary caretakers in
contested custody and visitation cases involving child abuse
or neglect. Also handles cases for custodial parent seeking
child support.
Serves Boston.
Hale
& Dorr Legal Services Center
122 Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-3003
Handles abuse prevention,
divorce, paternity, guardianship, adoption, contempt and modifications
for custodial parent.
Serves Jamaica
Plain, Hyde Park, Roslindale, West Roxbury, parts of the Fenway,
South End, Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan.
Harvard
Legal Aid Bureau
1587 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4408
Handles family
law cases for custodial parents; divorce, 209A issues, support,
custody, contempt, visitation for non-custodial parent if
there is no domestic violence and client is up to date on
support.
Serves all of Suffolk
County.
New
England School of Law Clinical Law Office
46 Church Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 442-7380
Handles divorces
for primary caretaker only.
Serves Boston.
Suffolk
University Legal Assistance Bureau
350 Broadway
Chelsea, MA 02150
(617) 884-7568
Represents indigent
clients in divorces involving custody or property.
Jewish
Family Services - Bet Tzedek of Boston
1340 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02459
(617) 558-1278
Provides
referrals to pro bono or low-cost attorneys in family
law cases including divorce, alimony, custody, visitation,
domestic violence, guardianship and conservatorship. Will
handle Russian speaking clients.
Serves
all of Greater Boston.
Volunteer
Lawyers Project
of the Boston Bar Association
29 Temple Place, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 423-0648 or (617) 338-6790 (TTY)
Assigns
private volunteer attorneys to represent indigent individuals
in divorces, child custody cases, wills and uncontested guardianships
of minors and adults.
Serves
all of Suffolk County.
Family
Law Project for Battered Women
Women's Bar Association and
Women's Bar Foundation
Provides
free legal services to battered women involved in contested
domestic relations cases. Applicants must have
been denied eligibility by legal service organizations to
qualify.
Call Women's Bar
Foundation at (617) 589-9420
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