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Divorce

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• About Getting a Divorce (FAQs with video and text)

  Information you need to know about getting a divorce in Louisiana in FAQ format. Includes a narrated video. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)

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  Spanish / Español

• Divorce Dictionary (Guide)

  A plain-language guide to understanding words used in divorce cases. Click on the terms to see the definitions and find links to in-depth articles explaining more complicated issues. Read More

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  Lagniappe Law Lab

• Domestic Abuse and Divorce (FAQs)

  Information about domestic abuse and how domestic abuse impacts divorce issues in a FAQ format. Includes a link to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS)

• Who Gets Custody? Who Pays Support? (Brochure)

  Information provided by the Lousiana State Bar Association on the grounds for divorce, information on child custody and visitation, relocation of the child, child and spousal support, and property rights. Content Detail

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  Louisiana State Bar Association

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  Spanish / Español

• Information Guide and Online Forms for a Basic Louisiana Divorce (Form and LibGuide)

  Here you will find basic information and automated forms for divorce in Louisiana. These forms do not cover every situation. Make sure you have the right form for your situation before you use the computer program for your forms. Content Detail

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)

• Community Property: What is mine? What is yours? (FAQs)

  Explains separate and community property, marriage contracts and debts. Read More

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  Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA)

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  Spanish / Español

• Uncontested Divorce Guided Assistant

  This Guided Assistant tool can help you complete the paperwork required to file an uncontested divorce on your own. This tool is not legal advice. This tool does not not take the place of legal advice from a competent attorney licensed in your state and familiar with the law and facts of your legal issue. Content Detail

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  Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

• 22nd Judicial District Family Court (FAQs and Forms)

  The 22nd Judicial District Family Court website offers answers to frequently asked questions and hosts forms needed for family law cases. Read More

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  22nd Judicial District Court, State of Louisiana

• What is my right to my military spouse's retirement? What right does my spouse have to my military retirement? (Article)

  The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), 10 U.S.C. 1408, recognizes the right of state courts to distribute military retired pay to a spouse or former spouse and provides a method of enforcing these orders through the Department of Defense. Content Detail

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  Defense Accounting and Finance Service

• What is a Covenant Marriage? (FAQs)

  FAQs adapted from resource by the Pro Bono Project Read More

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  Pro Bono Project and Southeast Louisiana Legal Services