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Protection
From Harassment (updated June 2004)
How to get a court order against a neighbor
or acquaintance who is harassing you.
Protección
contra el acoso (junio 2004)
Americans
With Disabilities Act: Rights to Services and Benefits from Public Agencies
(May 2001)
General information about what public agencies
must do to accommodate people with disabilities under the ADA.
Emancipation
(April 2003)
Find out how a minor in Maine can go to court to become
emancipated, what a judge must find to order an emancipation, and what it
means.
Child Abuse and Neglect "Substantiation" in Maine (December 2003)
What steps you can take to protect yourself if DHS notifies you that your name has been added
to their "substantiation" list.
Changes of Name (April 2004)
A Maine Register of Probate explains what steps you
need to take to change your own name, or a child's name.
Disability Rights:
A Guide
to Disability Rights Laws
This U.S. Department of Justice guide summarizes the federal laws
that provide equal rights for people with disabilities and how you can contact
someone in federal government if you have a complaint or question.
NAMI Maine
The Maine affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
posts information about legal and health care issues, local services and
resources.
The Maine Disability Rights Center
posts information on a number of topics including:
- A Consumer's Quick Guide to [Social Security's] Ticket to Work in Maine
- Your Rights Under The AMHI Consent Decree
- The Parent Advocate Handbook: A Guide to Special Education in Maine
- Involuntary Hospitalization Laws
- Advance Health Care Directives: For planning mental health care
- The Maine Human Rights Act And The Americans With Disabilities Act:
What and When Can Employers Ask About Disability?
Maine DHHS posts the state rules on the
Rights of Recipients of Mental Health Services and a
Grievance Guide and Grievance
Form.
Disability Rights Education and Defense
Fund
A national law and policy center dedicated to protecting and advancing
the civil rights of people with disabilities through legislation, litigation,
advocacy, technical assistance, and education and training of attorneys,
advocates, persons with disabilities, and parents of children with disabilities.
Their site includes references to their large library of information.
Civil Rights:
Maine Human Rights Commission
This is the Maine agency charged with enforcing Maine's anti-discrimination
laws. Their web site features several publications about Maine's equal
opportunity laws and explains how to pursue a complaint through the agency.
Includes on-line intake questionnaires.
Maine Civil Liberties Union
Works to advance and protect the civil liberties and civil rights
of Maine people. Contact the MCLU if you think your civil liberties have
been violated.
Maine Attorney
General's Civil Rights Unit
Enforces the Maine Civil Rights Act. If you are the victim
of a bias-based hate crime, you can contact either your local police department
or the Civil Rights Unit to ask for help. This page now includes an on-line reporting form.
Immigration
Legal Guide for Immigrants to
Maine Some Basics for Non-Citizens
Una guia para los inmigrantes del estado de Maine
Maine's Immigrant Legal Advocacy Program (ILAP) posts information on
many topics including removal proceedings, work authorization, green cards and more.
Information from the Maine Bar Association:
On Your Own,
an on-line legal guide for young adults. Topics include: buying a car, renting
an apartment, establishing credit, voting rights, criminal arrest, and more.
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Legal Information Pamphlets
with general background information on over a dozen topics, including:
- Worker's Compensation
- OUI Law
- Buying and Selling Real Estate
- Making a Will
- Adoption Law
- Social Security Disability
- Auto Accident
Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles / Maine Courts
Driver Licenses
Some information about getting and keeping a license is posted here, but you have to
mail a written request for information on many license-related topics.
Traffic Violations: Frequently Asked Questions
Includes instructions for paying your ticket on-line.
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Around the Web in Eighty Minutes
This legal links page was developed to help our lawyers and paralegals
do their legal research. But if you want to delve more deeply into
a legal topic, and you're willing to plow through some legalese, go there
and see what you can find.
Free Maine Legal Services:
Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Volunteer Lawyers Project
Maine Equal Justice Project
Legal Service for the Elderly
Maine Civil Liberties Union
Disability Rights Center of Maine
Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic
Penquis
CAP Law Project
Immigrant Legal Advocacy
Project Call toll-free: 1-800-497-8505
The Maine State Bar Association's Lawyer
Referral and Information Service will refer you to a lawyer for a
free one-half hour consultation. Referral fee: $25.00.
Maine Community Mediation Coalition
If you're involved in a dispute or relationship problem that might be
resolved with the help of a trained mediator, contact one of Maine's three
community mediation centers:
