Arlington County Bar Association Legal Links

Here are some recommended sites. There is no guarantee that statute sites are kept up to date!

Arlington County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service || Senior Citizens Wills Service

Index: Web indices and searchers || Web white pages and yellow pages || Legal Resources || Family Law || International Family Law || Family Law Public Policy || Family Law: Advice on Personal Life || Family Law in Specific States and Countries|| Virginia Information ||

Internet Searchers/Indices: Infoseek || HotBot || Alta Vista || Yahoo || Starting point || Magellan || Search other countries || Lawcrawler

Web directories: white pages and yellow pages
"Four11" White Pages of e-mail addresses. You can even search for anyone who went to your high school or college.
Internet address finder || "Lookup" White Pages || WhoWhere || Other Internet White Pages
Comprehensive Directory of Directories (Mostly Universities; Thousands of them)
9-digit ZIP code directory (also tells what county or city address is in)
Worldwide phone and internet directories || Newslink index of on-line publications
www Yellow Pages | LinkStar | One World Plaza || The Central Source Yellow Pages
Nihongo Yellow Pages (US-Japan) || AAA World, an Australian/international directory
Master Online Books Index || Top of Page

Legal Resources (except for Family Law, which is further down)
U.S. Immigration Code and U.S. Tax Code in Cross-Referencing, Searchable Hypertext
Searchable United States Code || Federal / State Tax Websites Guide || Lawcrawler search engine
Military law index || Code of Military Justice || Admiralty ||Treaty finder || Findlaw
Identify actual county or city of street address || Search Harvard law library by Telnet
||The Practicing Attorneys' Home Page ||Trust and Estate Attorneys Home Page ||
LawNet || National Law Net || Attorney Net || Shepard's Links ||Newslink Index of On-line Legal Publications || Lex Mundi's Hieros Gamos comprehensive legal directory || 'LECTRIC Law Library
Foreign state and country caselaw ||Very thorough index of foreign law
Venables's Guide to the British Legal System. (Tells which judges must be called "milord," which are "your honor," your worship," "sir" or "madam.") || House of Lords decisions
The World Wide Legal Information Association's LAWeb International -- aims at comprehensive coverage of the legal profession in English-speaking countries
French Ministry of Justice Law Page || Bogucki's French law page || Rabenou's French Law Page || Rabenou's Legal Adages || French Court Opinions
Virtual Canadian Law Library || China / Hong Kong Law || Ius Romanum || Roman law
Searchable Brazilian legislation || Other Latin American Law sites
The Legal Domain Network. Index to law-related computerised discussion groups. Lets reader monitor them but doesn't let just anyone participate.|| Top of Page

Family Law - General (specific state and country information is further down)
The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act || Indian Child Welfare Act || More federal statutes ||
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act: 1) Available version most like Virginia's (Fla.) | Other versions||
Uniform Civil Liability for Support Act || Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ||
Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act || Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
2nd Draft of model uniform act on interstate child visitation
The Custody Newsletter (for custody professionals) || Custody Evaluators' Web
Divorce online || Hieros Gamos Family Law Index || Divorce Link || Lyons's Divorce Law page || Lyons's library of Family Law Articles || Family law news stories
Family Law in Specific States and Countries

Family Law - International

Family Law in Specific Countries
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Convention de La Haye sur les aspects civils de l'enlèvement international d'enfants
International Child Abduction Remedies Act
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, USA Chapter
International Parental Kidnapping info, advice and links from P.A.R.E.N.T.
State Dept. Office on Children's Issues || State Dept. pamphlet on child abduction remedies (can save; read offline) || State Dept. Information on international adoptions
Treaty Revision News
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- Excerpts and Comments -- Criticism
!!Ongoing Revisions and possible US action on Hague Convention on Protection of Minors and international conventions on international support enforcement!!

Family Law - Advice on personal life

Advice on divorce and children from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychologists || Advice for people undergoing divorce by Dean Hughson
Raggio Family Law Articles -- the Raggios are a whole family of eminent family lawyers
Jeanine Wade's Hints for Divorcing Parents || Marriage Links
The ABA's "PARTNERS" Divorce-Prevention Program
Before Divorce, a Last Chance for Repair
The Family Law Advisor. Two Boston divorce lawyers' newsletter, with good advice for divorce clients. Very readable and simple. Of course some things they advise only apply in Massachusetts, but they mostly talk about dealing with your spouse, your children, your finances, and yourself.||

Family Law - Public Policy

Irish Bishops' Pastoral letter on marriage and the family
Why Aren't Conservatives Talking About Divorce? By Wm. Mattox, Policy Review
Divorce reform news || Community Marriage Policies|| Top of Page

Family Law -- Specific States and Countries
Grounds for Divorce in all states of the U.S. | Links to State divorce statutes
Brief Overview of US divorce laws
Virginia Family Law || California || Cal. Family Code || Florida || Fla. Family Code || Hawaii || Indiana Family Code || Kansas: Dean Hughson's Divorce Page || Lyons's Maine Divorce Law || Maryland: Layperson's Guide to the Law of Divorce || Massacusetts (Family Law Advisor) || Michigan || Texas || Vermont || Virginia Family Law ||
The No-Fault Divorce Reform Bill in Virginia, 1997-- Factual Summary
Lyons's Family Law State by State || Lyons's Divorce Grounds and Jurisdiction in All 50 States (direct download/file transfer) Lyons's Family Law State by State || Lyons's Divorce Grounds and Jurisdiction in All 50 States (direct download/file transfer)
Divorce and family law in Canada. A brief, useful guide to law, procedure and standards of proof in all common family law matters, with links to more detailed resources.
Ontario Family Law Bulletin (does what Virginia State Bar's Family Law News did when it was on the Web. News, articles, and case notes). || Ontario Family Law Act | Quebec Civil Code on The Family ||German Civil Code on Divorce || Search Australian Family Court cases
Divorce in France and Child custody in France, which are part of the Family index of "Practical Life." , and Paris lawyer Brigitte Bogucki's family law page -- These are excellent web pages -- a sorely needed model of how to organize and present basic legal information on the Web for lay people and foreign lawyers. France's Civil Code sections on Marriage and Divorce are available from Rabenou. || Top of Page

Virginia Resources
Arlington County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service || Senior Citizens Wills Service
U.Va. Professor Charles Goetz's practical Virginia lawyers' page
General Assembly bill status updates: Domestic Relations | Minors | Department of Social Services | Juvenile matters | Juvenile Courts | Other subjects.
The No-Fault Divorce Reform Bill in Virginia, 1997-- Factual Summary
Identify actual county or city of street address
Robert Beard's Virginia Law Page
For free customized on-line maps of any Virginia City or County, use the University of Virginia's Online Mapper
Weather || VDOT Highway Construction forecast
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Arlington House, home of Gen. Robert E. Lee || Other Civil War web sites
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