Starting Points: Guide to Florida Law

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Reference – 1^st Floor  

Florida Statutes - R 348 Flo

The complete laws of Florida divided into chapters, sections and subsections in six volumes.  Also available online; see Web Sites below.        
 

File for a Divorce in Florida - R 346.0166 Ham

Alimony, property division, child support & custody, explanations of laws, and forms.        
                                                
Landlords’ Rights & Duties in Florida: - R 346.0434 War

Residential and commercial, tenant’s application, evictions, discrimination laws, deposits, explanations of laws, and forms.

Probate and Settle an Estate in Florida - R 346.052 Nic

Types of probate, tax information, statutes, property dispositions and forms.              

How to Make a Florida Will - R 346.054 War

Executing, changing, and revoking wills and more.  Includes printable forms.                        

Land Trusts in Florida - R 346.068 War

Benefits, tips, explanations and forms for the establishment of land trusts.                  
 

Florida Rules of Court - R 347 Flo

Local, state, and federal editions that cover court rules and civil procedure. 

West’s Florida Criminal Laws and Rules - R 347 Flo

Florida constitutional provisions, statutes, and rules of court pertaining to criminal law and procedure.             

Florida Evidence - R 347.06 Her

Laws and explanations regarding evidence in civil and criminal litigation. Divided into10 chapters with three appendices and three tables.        

Florida Law – A Layman’s Guide - R 349.759 Kea

Property, family, business law, and special areas.                         

State Yellow Book - R 353.9 Sta

Who’s who in state government with detailed information of each department.  Addresses, phone numbers and emails. Updated quarterly. 

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 346 - 348
You may also want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or at home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog in the right hand column.  Good subject headings for this topic include the following: Court rules – Florida; Courts -- Florida -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Civil procedure – Florida; Divorce suits – Florida; Landlord and tenant -- Florida -- Popular works; Land trusts – Florida; Probate law and practice -- Florida -- Popular work.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       EBSCOhost, Infotrac Onefile, and America’s Newspapers - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit
       the search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

FindLaw – Florida: Contains Florida Constitution, state code, administrative code, banking statutes, constitution revision, Rules of Civil Procedure, small claims rules, general laws, Supreme Court opinions, decisions and briefs, attorney general opinions, county and city municipal codes.                            
      

Florida Law Online: Multiple links regarding Florida courts, laws, legislature, executive branch, local governments, journals and periodicals, and legal directories.                                    
      

Martindale Hubbell: Locate a lawyer by name, location, area of practice or firm.  Also find lawyers in corporations, agencies of the US government or law school faculty.                  

Online Sunshine: Florida’s Legislature, including a fully searchable Florida Statutes, proceedings and publications of both the Florida Senate and House of Representatives, a section regarding lobbyists, and a children’s section.                                                               
      

Legal Aid Society: Part of the Orange County Bar Association, the Legal Aid Society provides free legal services to low-income families and children.  See also the Orange County Bar Association.
 

'Lectric Law Library: Law related information, and dozens of legal forms. For business forms, see also http://tinyurl.com/vfxg6.
 

Living Wills, Health Care Surrogates, and Advanced Directives: Downloadable Living Wills from the Florida Bar.     http://tinyurl.com/ejq8b
     

 **The Library also offers a collection of law-related sites on its website.  Go to (www.wppl.org), then to Reference Resources, then Good Web Sites, then click on Law.**

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