Self-Help in Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties

If you will need to go to court, you will find useful information by connecting to the PALawHelp. pages  for your county: Clinton | Columbia | Lycoming | Montour | Northumberland  | Snyder | Union

Once there, select the type of  legal problem you have, first  by general area (for example, family law) and then by the more specific problem (for example child custody). You will then see three tabs at the top of the page.

• Legal information: pamphlets, brochures, Q&A about the legal problem and usually some guides about going to court
• Find legal assistance: how to locate  legal services programs and lawyer referral  services serving your county.
• Court information; Guides to court in Pennsylvania and in your county specifically, how to contact court staff including domestic relations , finding court rules, and local legal libraries 

What specific self-help assistance is available?

Clinton

• Court of Common Pleas :
  • Information Clinton County Common Pleas is  on-line as part of the county website.
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available
• Other assistance to self-help litigants:
  • Self-helps kits are available from North Penn Legal Service for
    • Child custody (complaint, modification, petition for contempt)
    • Getting Back Your Security Deposit
    • Stopping Credit Harassment
    • Representing yourself in an eviction in Magisterial District Judge Court
    • Appealing a Magisterial District Judge Judgment
    • Defending Yourself in Magisterial District Judge Court
    • Petition for Substitute Service
    • A Guide to Sheriff's sales
    • Protection From Abuse Civil Contempt
    • Unemployment Compensation Process
  • Child custody cases pleadings  can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt). 

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Columbia

• Court of Common Pleas :
  • Columbia County Court of Common Pleas is on-line as part  of the of county website. Selected civil and criminal court decisions are posted.
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available
• Other assistance to self-help litigants:
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt).

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Lycoming

• Court of Common Pleas :
  • On-line at Lycoming County Common Pleas
  • The court offers a pdf download of NPLS ' custody self-help packet
  • The Prothonotary has posted a guide to filing court papers
• Other assistance to self-help litigants
  • NPLS ' self-help custody packets (pdf format):
    • To file an initial custody complaint
    • To petition to modify an existing custody order
    • To ask to find the other party in contempt
    • Stipulation as Custody or Modification of Custody
    • Emergency of special custody relief self-help kit
    • Getting Back Your Security Deposit
    • Stopping Credit Harassment
    • Representing yourself in an eviction in Magisterial District Judge Court
    • Appealing a Magisterial District Judge Judgment
    • Defending Yourself in Magisterial District Judge Court
    • Petition for Substitute Service
    • A Guide to Sheriff's sales
    • Protection From Abuse Civil Contempt
    • Unemployment Compensation Process
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt).

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Montour

• Court of Common Pleas
  • The Court is not on-line but a listing of court offices is found on the county website
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available.
• Other assistance to self-help litigants
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt).

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Northumberland

• Court of Common Pleas :
  • On-line: Northumberland County Common Pleas is not on-line
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available
• Other assistance to self-help litigants
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt)

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Snyder

• Court of Common Pleas
  • Snyder County Common Pleas is not on-line. Some information is available on the county website
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available.
• Other assistance to self-help litigants
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt).

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Union

• Court of Common Pleas
  •  Information about the Union County Common Pleas is available on the county website.
  • Other: No list of Court forms or self-help material is available.
• Other assistance to self-help litigants
  • Child custody pleadings can be created on-line by following this link to PALawHelp (initial complaint or petition to modify or for contempt).

 

9.16.2007