Legal Aid is a nonprofit law office that delivers free legal help to  people who live in or near poverty and to seniors. Legal Aid helps when civil (non-criminal) legal problems threaten their clients’ basic living needs, like food-security and income-security, housing, healthcare access, and safety from domestic violence.  Learn more here: https://lawestmi.org/ 

For a $25 administrative fee, a referral assistant will match you with an attorney who will provide up to a 25-minute initial consultation free of charge. The fee will be waived in some instances. For more information please see their website at https://lrs.michbar.org/LRS-Info/Lawyer-Referral-Service.  

The Modest Means Program connects moderate-income people with attorneys who offer reduced cost legal assistance.  Go to https://lrs.michbar.org/LRS-Info/Modest-Means-Program for more information. 

A wealth of resources on the second level of the KPL at the corner of Rose and South Streets.   For more information please visit their website at https://www.kpl.gov/law-library/ 

The Law Library, in partnership with the Kalamazoo County Bar Association, offers free monthly legal clinics at the Central Library. Attorneys address legal questions about divorce, custody, child support or other family law questions.  For more information please visit https://www.kpl.gov/law-library/ask-a-lawyer/ 

The Kalamazoo County Bar Association has resumed its Probate Legal Clinic in person at the Gull Road Justice Complex (1536 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49048).  Attorneys are available for 20 minute sessions to answer questions regarding probate matters.  Please visit the Probate Court's website for further details and scheduling: https://www.kalcounty.com/courts/probate/clinic.htm 

Everything you need to know is available online.

MI Child Support Formula:  https://www.courts.michigan.gov/administration/offices/friend-of-the-court-bureau/mcsf/?r=1

MI Child Support Calculator:  https://micase.state.mi.us/calculatorapp/public/welcome/load.html 

Michigan Legal Help is for people who are handling their legal problems without a lawyer: https://michiganlegalhelp.org/ 

MI-Resolve is an online system where you and the other party can have a text-based conversation along with a trained mediator to see if you can resolve the matter.  MI-Resolve is free to use and can be accessed 24/7/365. Using MI-Resolve is confidential, meaning that with few exceptions, such as threats of harm, communications shared in the system cannot be used in court.  https://www.courts.michigan.gov/administration/offices/office-of-dispute-resolution/mi-resolve/ 

Various court forms are available at the Supreme Court Administrative Office's website:  https://www.courts.michigan.gov/SCAO-forms/ 

Provided by the State of Michigan:  https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/PeaceofMind.pdf