Free Legal Help in MD including Legal Hotlines

Free Legal Help in Maryland

If you have low income or no income, you may be eligible for free legal help. Use this on-line database to see if you and your legal problem are eligible for free legal help.

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Most of the programs in Maryland use one of two income levels to determine if you are eligible for services.

A number based on the federal poverty guidelines (usually 125% of the federal guidelines) or
A number based on Maryland’s median income

Both income level numbers change every year. Most programs have a number of exceptions to these income limits based on the type of case you have. For example, cases of domestic violence are usually helped without referring to income guidelines.

Need Legal Advice - Try calling a Maryland Legal Hotline. The Legal Hotlines provide information, from an attorney or a paralegal under an attorney’s supervision, over the telephone to people who are filing a case without a lawyer. The hotlines can help you decide if you should represent yourself in your case, and can also help you complete certain statewide domestic relations forms.

Source: Maryland State Law Library

Date last reviewed (no legal content) 01/11/08 (PLL/M.A.J.)

Is this legal advice? This site offers legal information, not legal advice. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information and to clearly explain your options. However we do not provide legal advice - the application of the law to your individual circumstances. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney. See our section on Finding Legal Help.

About this website. The Maryland State Law Library, a court-related agency of the Maryland Judiciary, sponsors this site. The website was developed (1999-2007) as part of an access to justice initiative by the Maryland Legal Assistance Network (MLAN) in collaboration with a number of legal services providers serving low and moderate income Marylanders. In the absence of file-specific attribution or copyright, the Maryland State Law Library may hold the copyright to parts of this website. You are free to copy the information for your own use or for other non-commercial purposes with the following language “Source: Maryland's People’s Law Library – www.peoples-law.org. © Maryland State Law Library, 2007.”

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